Where does “valkoperuna-ankeroinen” come from?

valkoperuna-ankeroinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish peruna-ankeroinen, from Finnish peruna, from Swedish jordpäron, from Swedish jord, from Old Swedish iorþ, from Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

valkoperuna-ankeroinen (Finnish): white potato cyst nematode, pale potato cyst nematode, potato root eelworm, pale cyst nematode, Globodera pallida species of potato root nematode, a pest of plants of the family Solanaceae such as potato and tomato

Definitions

  1. white potato cyst nematode, pale potato cyst nematode, potato root eelworm, pale cyst nematode, Globodera pallida species of potato root nematode, a pest of plants of the family Solanaceae such as potato and tomato

Ancestry of “valkoperuna-ankeroinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperuna-ankeroinenpotato root nematode, potato cyst nematode roundworm belonging to the genus Globodera, which live on the roots of plants of the family
2Finnishperunapotato, "Solanum tuberosum"
3Swedishjordpäronpotato
4Swedishjordearth, soil; a rock- or sand-based unconsolidated...
5Old Swedishiorþearth, land
6Old Norsejǫrðearth
7Proto-Germanicerþōearth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er-Every word from Proto-Germanic erþōEvery word from Old Norse jǫrð
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