Where does “kurmitsansara” come from?

kurmitsansara (Finnish) comes from Finnish šara, from Finnish säristä — to rattle, to creak; to crackle.

kurmitsansara (Finnish): bottle sedge (Carex stenolepis)

Definitions

  1. bottle sedge (Carex stenolepis)

Ancestry of “kurmitsansara”, step by step

kurmitsansara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle

via Finnish kurmitsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurmitsaplover; plover, golden plover, dotterel
Every word from Finnish säristä →Every word from Finnish šara →