Where does “hopeakuusi” come from?

hopeakuusi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

hopeakuusi (Finnish): blue spruce

Definitions

  1. blue spruce

Ancestry of “hopeakuusi”, step by step

hopeakuusi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish hopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeasilver
2Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
3Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →