Where does “häivehapero” come from?

häivehapero (Finnish) comes from Finnish hapero, from Finnish hapera, from Finnish haprea, from Finnish hauras, from Proto-Finnic hapras — brittle, fragile, weak.

häivehapero (Finnish): An edible brittlegill, Russula nauseosa

Definitions

  1. An edible brittlegill, Russula nauseosa

Ancestry of “häivehapero”, step by step

häivehapero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hapero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaperobrittlegill, russula; brittle
2Finnishhaperabrittle
3Finnishhaprea—
4Finnishhaurasbrittle, fragile, frail, friable, crumbly,...
5Proto-Finnichaprasbrittle, fragile, weak

via Finnish häive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhäiveglimpse, hint, trace
2Finnishhäipyäto disappear, vanish visibly of something visible: to gradually get less visible or clear
3Finnishhaipuato fade away
4Finnish-puaForms passive verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic hapras →Every word from Finnish hauras →Every word from Finnish haprea →