Where does “kanervanummi” come from?

kanervanummi (Finnish) comes from Finnish nummi, from Proto-Finnic nummi — heathland, moor.

kanervanummi (Finnish): heathland, heather moorland

Definitions

  1. heathland, heather moorland

Ancestry of “kanervanummi”, step by step

kanervanummi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nummi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnummiheath, heathland, moor
2Proto-Finnicnummiheathland, moor

via Finnish Kanerva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKanervaheather, Calluna vulgaris
2Finnishkanervaheather, "Calluna vulgaris"
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