Where does “väkäkärsämato” come from?

väkäkärsämato (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärsä, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

väkäkärsämato (Finnish): acanthocephalan

Definitions

  1. acanthocephalan

Ancestry of “väkäkärsämato”, step by step

väkäkärsämato traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kärsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärsätrunk, proboscis; snout; proboscis
2Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
3Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
4Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—

via Finnish väkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväkäbarb; fluke
2Proto-Finnicvakacalm; steady, stable
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -mö →
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