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Where does “syyhypunkki” come from?

syyhypunkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish syyhy, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.

syyhypunkki (Finnish): itch mite, "Sarcoptes scabiei", the species of...

Definitions

  1. itch mite, "Sarcoptes scabiei", the species of...

Ancestry of “syyhypunkki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyyhyscabies; mange, scab; A heavy and/or persistent...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-u—
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