Where does “hapsisara” come from?

hapsisara (Finnish) comes from Finnish hapsi, from Proto-Finnic hapci, from Proto-Uralic ëpte — hair.

hapsisara (Finnish): hair-like sedge

Definitions

  1. hair-like sedge

Ancestry of “hapsisara”, step by step

hapsisara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhapsiA single hair, especially a grey hair of an...
2Proto-Finnichapcihair
3Proto-Uralicëptehair

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Uralic ëpte →Every word from Proto-Finnic hapci →Every word from Finnish hapsi →