Where does “vaskimato” come from?

vaskimato (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian mato, from Proto-Finnic mato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo.

vaskimato (Ingrian): slowworm

Definitions

  1. slowworm

Ancestry of “vaskimato”, step by step

vaskimato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmatosnake
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo

via Ingrian vaski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvaskicopper
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačoEvery word from Proto-Finnic matoEvery word from Ingrian mato