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Where does “keltahapero” come from?

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

keltahapero (Finnish): yellow swamp russula, Russula claroflava

Definitions

  1. yellow swamp russula, Russula claroflava

Ancestry of “keltahapero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaperobrittlegill, russula; brittle
2Finnishhaperabrittle
3Finnishhaprea—
4Finnishhaurasbrittle, fragile, frail, friable, crumbly,...
5Proto-Finnichaprasbrittle, fragile, weak
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