Where does “kuusenkerkkä” come from?

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

kuusenkerkkä (Finnish): spruce tip; young tips of a spruce tree

Definitions

  1. spruce tip; young tips of a spruce tree

Ancestry of “kuusenkerkkä”, step by step

kuusenkerkkä 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 kerkkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkerkkäYoung shoot, bud or tip of a conifer tree
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →