Where does “toukohärkä” come from?

toukohärkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish touko, from Finnish toukokuu, from Finnish Kuu, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

toukohärkä (Finnish): blister beetle beetle of the family Meloidae

Definitions

  1. blister beetle beetle of the family Meloidae

Ancestry of “toukohärkä”, step by step

toukohärkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish touko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoukosowing, planting; especially of grain; growing...
2FinnishtoukokuuMay
3FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
4Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
5Proto-Finnickuucisix
6Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish Härkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishHärkäTaurus a constellation
2LatinTaurusTaurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac
3Ancient GreekΤαῦροςone of the Tauri
4Proto-Hellenictáurosbull
5Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →