Where does “jäniksenkäpälä” come from?

jäniksenkäpälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jänis, from Proto-Finnic jänis — hare.

jäniksenkäpälä (Finnish): hare's foot

Definitions

  1. hare's foot

Ancestry of “jäniksenkäpälä”, step by step

jäniksenkäpälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jänis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjänishare; mountain hare, "Lepus timidus"; stowaway
2Proto-Finnicjänishare

via Finnish käpälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpäläpaw
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*käpälä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic jänis →Every word from Finnish jänis →