Where does “ihmepensas” come from?

ihmepensas (Finnish) comes from Finnish pensas, from Proto-Finnic pensas, from Proto-Finnic pensa.

ihmepensas (Finnish): garden croton

Definitions

  1. garden croton

Ancestry of “ihmepensas”, step by step

ihmepensas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpensasbush; shrub
2Proto-Finnicpensasbush
3Proto-Finnicpensa—

via Finnish ihme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishihmemiracle, wonder; strange, weird
2Proto-Finnicimehwonder, miracle
Every word from Proto-Finnic pensa →Every word from Proto-Finnic pensas →Every word from Finnish pensas →