Where does “haarapääsky” come from?

haarapääsky (Finnish) comes from Finnish haara, from Proto-Finnic haara — branch.

haarapääsky (Finnish): barn swallow

Definitions

  1. barn swallow

Ancestry of “haarapääsky”, step by step

haarapääsky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarabranch; fork, bifurcation; offshoot
2Proto-Finnichaarabranch

via Finnish pääsky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpääskyswallow, martin
2Proto-Finno-Ugricpäčkeswallow

Words derived from “haarapääsky”

Every word from Proto-Finnic haara →Every word from Finnish haara →