Where does “kusiaispesä” come from?

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

kusiaispesä (Finnish): nest of red ants

Definitions

  1. nest of red ants

Ancestry of “kusiaispesä”, step by step

kusiaispesä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesä

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

via Finnish kusiainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkusiainencommon red ant; ant
2Proto-Uralickuńśeant; urine; star
Every word from Proto-Uralic pesä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pesä →Every word from Finnish pesä →
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