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Where does “kavalakärpässieni” come from?

kavalakärpässieni (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärpässieni, from Finnish sieni, from Proto-Finnic seeni, from Proto-Uralic śänä.

kavalakärpässieni (Finnish): death cap, "Amanita phalloides"

Definitions

  1. death cap, "Amanita phalloides"

Ancestry of “kavalakärpässieni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärpässieniamanita; fly agaric, "Amanita muscaria"
2Finnishsienifungus; mushroom; sponge, bath sponge; shorter...
3Proto-Finnicseenifungus; mushroom
4Proto-Uralicśänä—
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