Where does “tihkujortikka” come from?

tihkujortikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tihku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

tihkujortikka (Finnish): Tipula maxima, a species of cranefly

Definitions

  1. Tipula maxima, a species of cranefly

Ancestry of “tihkujortikka”, step by step

tihkujortikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tihku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtihkudrizzle
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish jortikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjortikka—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish tihku →