Where does “cashewpähkinä” come from?

cashewpähkinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pähkinä, from Proto-Finno-Permic päškɜ.

cashewpähkinä (Finnish): cashew nut

Definitions

  1. cashew nut

Ancestry of “cashewpähkinä”, step by step

cashewpähkinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pähkinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpähkinänut; hazel; puzzle, riddle; difficult problem,...
2Proto-Finno-Permicpäškɜ—

via Finnish cashew

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishcashew—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic päškɜ →Every word from Finnish pähkinä →