Where does “täplätuhatjalkainen” come from?
täplätuhatjalkainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuhatjalkainen, from Finnish tuhat, from Proto-Finnic tuhat, from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont-, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
täplätuhatjalkainen (Finnish): spotted snake millipede, white millipede, Blaniulus guttulatus
Definitions
- spotted snake millipede, white millipede, Blaniulus guttulatus
Ancestry of “täplätuhatjalkainen”, step by step
täplätuhatjalkainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tuhatjalkainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuhatjalkainen | A myriapod, any member of the subphylum Myriapoda |
| 2 | Finnish | tuhat | API; one thousand; Nominative plural form of... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tuhat | thousand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via Finnish täplä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | täplä | spot, speck; pad |