Where does “jouhisara” come from?

jouhisara (Finnish) comes from Finnish jouhi, from Proto-Finnic jouhi — horsehair.

jouhisara (Finnish): slender sedge in

Definitions

  1. slender sedge in

Ancestry of “jouhisara”, step by step

jouhisara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jouhi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjouhihair, horsehair
2Proto-Finnicjouhihorsehair

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Finnic jouhi →Every word from Finnish jouhi →