Where does “karvashapero” come from?

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

karvashapero (Finnish): A brittlegill, Russula veternosa

Definitions

  1. A brittlegill, Russula veternosa

Ancestry of “karvashapero”, step by step

karvashapero 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 karvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvasbitter; a type of boat used to drag a seine
2Proto-Finnickarvasbitter
3Proto-Germanicharwaz—
Every word from Proto-Finnic hapras →Every word from Finnish hauras →Every word from Finnish haprea →