Where does “tsetsekärpänen” come from?

tsetsekärpänen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärpänen, from Proto-Finnic kärpähinen — fly insect.

tsetsekärpänen (Finnish): tsetse, tsetse fly

Definitions

  1. tsetse, tsetse fly

Ancestry of “tsetsekärpänen”, step by step

tsetsekärpänen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärpänen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärpänenfly; bug; out, when caused by the baserunner...
2Proto-Finnickärpähinenfly insect

via Finnish tsetse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtsetse—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kärpähinen →Every word from Finnish kärpänen →