Where does “aitalikusteri” come from?

aitalikusteri (Finnish) comes from Finnish aita, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aita, from Proto-Uralic *ajta — fence.

aitalikusteri (Finnish): wild privet, common privet, European privet

Definitions

  1. wild privet, common privet, European privet

Ancestry of “aitalikusteri”, step by step

aitalikusteri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaitafence; wall
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*aita
3Proto-Uralic*ajtafence

via Finnish likusteri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlikusteriprivet
2GermanLigusterprivet
Every word from Proto-Uralic *ajtaEvery word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *aitaEvery word from Finnish aita