Where does “australianpähkinä” come from?

australianpähkinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Australia, from Latin australis, from Latin auster, from Proto-Italic *austeros.

australianpähkinä (Finnish): macadamia nut, bauple nut, Queensland nut, nut...

Definitions

  1. macadamia nut, bauple nut, Queensland nut, nut...

Ancestry of “australianpähkinä”, step by step

australianpähkinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Australia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAustralia—
2Latinaustralissouthern; Australian; the south pole
3LatinausterThe south wind; south
4Proto-Italic*austeros—

via Finnish pähkinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpähkinänut; hazel; puzzle, riddle; difficult problem,...
2Proto-Finno-Permicpäškɜ—
Every word from Proto-Italic *austeros →Every word from Latin auster →Every word from Latin australis →