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Where does “ytimennävertäjä” come from?

ytimennävertäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish nävertäjä, from Finnish nävertää, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

ytimennävertäjä (Finnish): bark beetles of the genus Tomicus

Definitions

  1. bark beetles of the genus Tomicus

Ancestry of “ytimennävertäjä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnävertäjä—
2Finnishnävertääto bore with a gimlet; Third-person singular...
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictaka—
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind
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