Where does “ampiaispesä” come from?

ampiaispesä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ampiainen, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

ampiaispesä (Finnish): wasp nest, vespiary

Definitions

  1. wasp nest, vespiary

Ancestry of “ampiaispesä”, step by step

ampiaispesä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ampiainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishampiainenA wasp
2Finnish-iäinenFront vowel variant of -iainen
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish pesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesänest; den; hive
2Proto-Finnicpesänest
3Proto-Uralicpesänest
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →