Where does “timanttitonkija” come from?

timanttitonkija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tonkija, from Finnish -jä — Front vowel variant of -ja.

timanttitonkija (Finnish): whitespotted eartheater, Satanoperca leucosticta

Definitions

  1. whitespotted eartheater, Satanoperca leucosticta

Ancestry of “timanttitonkija”, step by step

timanttitonkija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tonkija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtonkijascavenger, grubber
2Finnish-jäFront vowel variant of -ja

via Finnish timantti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtimanttidiamond
Every word from Finnish -jä →Every word from Finnish tonkija →