Where does “mullvadssyrsa” come from?

mullvadssyrsa (Swedish) comes from Swedish mullvad — mole animal.

mullvadssyrsa (Swedish): mole cricket, especially European mole cricket, Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

Definitions

  1. mole cricket, especially European mole cricket, Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

Ancestry of “mullvadssyrsa”, step by step

mullvadssyrsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish mullvad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmullvadmole animal

via Swedish syrsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsyrsaa cricket
Every word from Swedish mullvad