Where does “toukanreikä” come from?

toukanreikä (Finnish) comes from Finnish reikä, from Proto-Finnic raika, from Proto-Finnic rajka.

toukanreikä (Finnish): grub hole, larva hole

Definitions

  1. grub hole, larva hole

Ancestry of “toukanreikä”, step by step

toukanreikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish reikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreikähole; puncture; cavity
2Proto-Finnicraikahole
3Proto-Finnicrajka—

via Finnish toukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoukkalarva, grub; caterpillar; maggot
2Proto-Finnictoukkalarva, maggot
Every word from Proto-Finnic rajka →Every word from Proto-Finnic raika →Every word from Finnish reikä →
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