Where does “katajapensas” come from?

katajapensas (Finnish) comes from Finnish pensas, from Proto-Finnic pensas, from Proto-Finnic pensa.

katajapensas (Finnish): juniper bush

Definitions

  1. juniper bush

Ancestry of “katajapensas”, step by step

katajapensas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpensasbush; shrub
2Proto-Finnicpensasbush
3Proto-Finnicpensa—

via Finnish kataja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatajajuniper; common juniper, "Juniperus communis"
2Proto-Finnickatagajuniper
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickoča—
Every word from Proto-Finnic pensa →Every word from Proto-Finnic pensas →Every word from Finnish pensas →