Where does “tarhalude” come from?

tarhalude (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarha, from Proto-Finnic tarha — garden; enclosure.

tarhalude (Finnish): common green capsid, Lygocoris pabulinus

Definitions

  1. common green capsid, Lygocoris pabulinus

Ancestry of “tarhalude”, step by step

tarhalude traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarhacorral; yard; garden, orchard
2Proto-Finnictarhagarden; enclosure

via Finnish lude

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishludea bedbug; a bug
Every word from Proto-Finnic tarhaEvery word from Finnish tarha