Where does “karvasara” come from?

karvasara (Finnish) comes from Finnish karva, from Proto-Finnic karva, from Proto-Finnic kawra.

karvasara (Finnish): hairy sedge

Definitions

  1. hairy sedge

Ancestry of “karvasara”, step by step

karvasara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—

via Finnish šara

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