Where does “viljakirva” come from?

viljakirva (Finnish) comes from Finnish Vilja, from Proto-Finnic vilja — grain, cereal; abundance, plenty.

viljakirva (Finnish): English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae

Definitions

  1. English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae

Ancestry of “viljakirva”, step by step

viljakirva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Vilja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishViljagrain, cereal, corn type of grass cultivated for its edible grains
2Proto-Finnicviljagrain, cereal; abundance, plenty

via Finnish kirva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvaaphid, commonly also plant louse or greenfly,...
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