Where does “tarhaetana” come from?

tarhaetana (Finnish) comes from Finnish etana, from Finnish etä-, from Proto-Finnic etä, from Proto-Finno-Permic ečkä.

tarhaetana (Finnish): garden arion, garden slug, common garden slug, small striped slug, black field slug, potato slug, yellow-soled slug, Arion hortensis

Definitions

  1. garden arion, garden slug, common garden slug, small striped slug, black field slug, potato slug, yellow-soled slug, Arion hortensis

Ancestry of “tarhaetana”, step by step

tarhaetana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish etana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetanaslug; snail; snail, sluggard
2Finnishetä-distant, remote, long-distance, far-off
3Proto-Finnicetäfar, distant
4Proto-Finno-Permicečkä—

via Finnish tarha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarhacorral; yard; garden, orchard
2Proto-Finnictarhagarden; enclosure
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic ečkä →Every word from Finnish etä- →Every word from Finnish etana →