Where does “jamssipapu” come from?

jamssipapu (Finnish) comes from Finnish papu, from Proto-Finnic papu, from Proto-Slavic bobъ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

jamssipapu (Finnish): yam bean plant in the genus

Definitions

  1. yam bean plant in the genus

Ancestry of “jamssipapu”, step by step

jamssipapu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish papu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpapubean; common bean; muscle, especially the biceps
2Proto-Finnicpapubean
3Proto-Slavicbobъbean, fava bean
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

via Finnish jamssi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjamssiyam

Words derived from “jamssipapu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →