Where does “harsusara” come from?

harsusara (Finnish) comes from Finnish harsu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

harsusara (Finnish): looseflower alpine sedge

Definitions

  1. looseflower alpine sedge

Ancestry of “harsusara”, step by step

harsusara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harsu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharsusparse
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish harsu →