Where does “herhiläispesä” come from?

herhiläispesä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesä, from Proto-Finnic pesä, from Proto-Uralic pesä — nest.

herhiläispesä (Finnish): hornet's nest

Definitions

  1. hornet's nest

Ancestry of “herhiläispesä”, step by step

herhiläispesä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesänest; den; hive
2Proto-Finnicpesänest
3Proto-Uralicpesänest

via Finnish herhiläinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishherhiläinenhornet
Every word from Proto-Uralic pesä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pesä →Every word from Finnish pesä →