Where does “tuhohyönteinen” come from?

tuhohyönteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish hyönteinen, from Finnish tieteellinen, from Finnish tiede, from Finnish tietää, from Finnish -mätön, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

tuhohyönteinen (Finnish): insect pest, pest insect harmful insect

Definitions

  1. insect pest, pest insect harmful insect

Ancestry of “tuhohyönteinen”, step by step

tuhohyönteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hyönteinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyönteineninsect
2Finnishtieteellinenscientific
3Finnishtiedescience; one of the liberal arts or humanities
4Finnishtietääto know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,...
5Finnish-mätönFront vowel variant of -maton
6Proto-Finnic-mat'oinForms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective
7Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
8Proto-Uralic-ktama

via Finnish tuho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuhodestruction; fall; doom
2Proto-Finnictuhodestruction, ruin
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktamaEvery word from Finnish -mätönEvery word from Finnish tietää