Where does “kuusenhako” come from?

kuusenhako (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

kuusenhako (Finnish): (cut off) spruce branch

Definitions

  1. (cut off) spruce branch

Ancestry of “kuusenhako”, step by step

kuusenhako traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish hako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakosubmerged, dead tree; branch of a conifer tree
2Proto-Finnichakobranch of a conifer tree
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →