Where does “karhunpalvonta” come from?

karhunpalvonta (Finnish) comes from Finnish Karhu, from Finnish karhu, from Proto-Finnic karhu, from Proto-Finnic karheda — rough, coarse.

karhunpalvonta (Finnish): bear worship, bear cult

Definitions

  1. bear worship, bear cult

Ancestry of “karhunpalvonta”, step by step

karhunpalvonta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Karhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKarhuA major brand of beer in Finland
2Finnishkarhubear; brown bear, "Ursus arctos"
3Proto-Finnickarhubear
4Proto-Finnickarhedarough, coarse

via Finnish palvonta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalvontaworship, praise, -latry
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Finnic karheda →Every word from Proto-Finnic karhu →Every word from Finnish karhu →