Where does “tähkälude” come from?

tähkälude (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähkä, from Proto-Finnic tähkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic teškä.

tähkälude (Finnish): A plant bug of the genus Leptopterna

Definitions

  1. A plant bug of the genus Leptopterna

Ancestry of “tähkälude”, step by step

tähkälude traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tähkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähkäear; spike
2Proto-Finnictähkäear, the inflorescence of a grain or other grassy...
3Proto-Finno-Permicteškä—

via Finnish lude

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishludea bedbug; a bug
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic teškä →Every word from Proto-Finnic tähkä →Every word from Finnish tähkä →