Where does “vesivaletarhakäärme” come from?

vesivaletarhakäärme (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarhakäärme, from Finnish käärme, from Proto-Finnic kärmeh, from Proto-Finnic kärmeš, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

vesivaletarhakäärme (Finnish): Indo-Australian water snake, mudsnake, bockadam water snake of the family Homalopsidae

Definitions

  1. Indo-Australian water snake, mudsnake, bockadam water snake of the family Homalopsidae

Ancestry of “vesivaletarhakäärme”, step by step

vesivaletarhakäärme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarhakäärme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarhakäärmecolubrid snake of the family
2Finnishkäärmesnake
3Proto-Finnickärmehsnake
4Proto-Finnickärmeš—
5Proto-Balto-Slavickr̥misworm
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis →