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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

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