Where does “varpukotilo” come from?

varpukotilo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kotilo, from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

varpukotilo (Finnish): boreal top, boreal top snail, Zoogenetes harpa species of minute, air-breathing land snails in the family Valloniidae

Definitions

  1. boreal top, boreal top snail, Zoogenetes harpa species of minute, air-breathing land snails in the family Valloniidae

Ancestry of “varpukotilo”, step by step

varpukotilo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kotilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotilogastropod, mollusc, seashell, snail; the shell of...
2Finnish-löFront vowel variant of -lo
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish varpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarputwig, bare twig; shrub
2Proto-Finnicvarpu—
3Proto-Finnicvarpathin stick, twig
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →