Where does “katajahaarikka” come from?

katajahaarikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kataja, from Proto-Finnic kataga, from Proto-Finno-Ugric koča.

katajahaarikka (Finnish): tankard with handles that is made of juniper

Definitions

  1. tankard with handles that is made of juniper

Ancestry of “katajahaarikka”, step by step

katajahaarikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kataja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatajajuniper; common juniper, "Juniperus communis"
2Proto-Finnickatagajuniper
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickoča—

via Finnish haarikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarikkaa type of large, usually wooden, drinking vessel resembling a large tankard with two straight handles, one for each hand
2Finnishhaarabranch; fork, bifurcation; offshoot
3Proto-Finnichaarabranch
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric koča →Every word from Proto-Finnic kataga →Every word from Finnish kataja →