puutiainen.
tick, hard tick (any tick of the family Ixodidae)
Meaning & usage
tick, hard tick (any tick of the family Ixodidae)
castor bean tick, pasture tick, sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus (species of hard tick acting as vector for Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis)
Where this word comes from
Derived from the same root as punkki, probably puu, as puu + -iainen. Has an irregular -t-, which could be explained as influence from puutäi, puuntäi.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.