Where does “kupuhapero” come from?

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

kupuhapero (Finnish): A brittlegill, "Russula coerulea"

Definitions

  1. A brittlegill, "Russula coerulea"

Ancestry of “kupuhapero”, step by step

kupuhapero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hapero

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

via Finnish kupu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkupudome; canopy; crop, craw
2Proto-Finnickupucrop, craw
Every word from Proto-Finnic hapras →Every word from Finnish hauras →Every word from Finnish haprea →