Where does “tsetsekärpänen” come from?
tsetsekärpänen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärpänen, from Proto-Finnic kärpähinen.
tsetsekärpänen (Finnish): tsetse, tsetse fly
Ancestry of “tsetsekärpänen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kärpänen | fly; bug; out, when caused by the baserunner... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kärpähinen | — |