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

kalvashapero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hapero

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

via Finnish kalvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalvaspale
2Proto-Finnickalbaspale
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂elbʰóswhite; mountain; brilliant, shining white
Every word from Proto-Finnic hapras →Every word from Finnish hauras →Every word from Finnish haprea →