Where does “kimalaispesä” come from?

kimalaispesä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesä, from Proto-Finnic pesä, from Proto-Uralic pesä — nest.

kimalaispesä (Finnish): bumblebee nest

Definitions

  1. bumblebee nest

Ancestry of “kimalaispesä”, step by step

kimalaispesä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesänest; den; hive
2Proto-Finnicpesänest
3Proto-Uralicpesänest

via Finnish kimalainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkimalainenbumblebee
Every word from Proto-Uralic pesä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pesä →Every word from Finnish pesä →