Where does “vattumato” come from?

vattumato (Finnish) comes from Finnish vattu, from Finnish vatukka, from Finnish vata, from Russian Фадей, from Ancient Greek Θαδδαῖος, from Biblical Hebrew תַדַּי.

vattumato (Finnish): raspberry beetle larva

Definitions

  1. raspberry beetle larva

Ancestry of “vattumato”, step by step

vattumato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vattu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatturaspberry
2Finnishvatukkabramble; raspberry
3Finnishvataa type of small seine; chickweed, common...
4RussianФадей—
5Ancient GreekΘαδδαῖοςThaddaeus, one of the Apostles
6Biblical Hebrewתַדַּי—

via Finnish mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—
Every word from Biblical Hebrew תַדַּי →Every word from Ancient Greek Θαδδαῖος →Every word from Russian Фадей →