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Where does “kalvashapero” come from?

kalvashapero (Finnish) comes from Finnish hapero, from Finnish hapera, from Finnish haprea, from Finnish hauras, from Proto-Finnic hapras — brittle, fragile, weak.

kalvashapero (Finnish): A brittlegill, Russula betularum

Definitions

  1. A brittlegill, Russula betularum

Ancestry of “kalvashapero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaperobrittlegill, russula; brittle
2Finnishhaperabrittle
3Finnishhaprea—
4Finnishhaurasbrittle, fragile, frail, friable, crumbly,...
5Proto-Finnichaprasbrittle, fragile, weak
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