Where does “tyräkkikirppa” come from?

tyräkkikirppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirppa, from Finnish kirppu, from Proto-Finnic kirppu — flea.

tyräkkikirppa (Finnish): large flax flea beetle, Aphthona euphorbiae

Definitions

  1. large flax flea beetle, Aphthona euphorbiae

Ancestry of “tyräkkikirppa”, step by step

tyräkkikirppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirppaflea beetle; Synonym of pilppu
2Finnishkirppuflea
3Proto-Finnickirppuflea

via Finnish tyräkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyräkkispurge
Every word from Proto-Finnic kirppu →Every word from Finnish kirppu →Every word from Finnish kirppa →