Where does “öömato” come from?

öömato (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian öö, from Proto-Finnic öö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje.

öömato (Ingrian): lob-worm; nightcrawler

Definitions

  1. lob-worm; nightcrawler

Ancestry of “öömato”, step by step

öömato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian öö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianöönight
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—

via Ingrian mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmatosnake
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje →Every word from Proto-Finnic öö →Every word from Ingrian öö →