Where does “valkotähkäyökkönen” come from?

valkotähkäyökkönen (Finnish) comes from Finnish yökkönen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

valkotähkäyökkönen (Finnish): common rustic, common rustic moth, wheat spotted noctuid, Mesapamea secalis

Definitions

  1. common rustic, common rustic moth, wheat spotted noctuid, Mesapamea secalis

Ancestry of “valkotähkäyökkönen”, step by step

valkotähkäyökkönen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yökkönen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyökkönenowlet moth, noctuid
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish tähkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähkäear; spike
2Proto-Finnictähkäear, the inflorescence of a grain or other grassy...
3Proto-Finno-Permicteškä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →