Where does “kuusennaava” come from?

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

kuusennaava (Finnish): spruce beard lichen

Definitions

  1. spruce beard lichen

Ancestry of “kuusennaava”, step by step

kuusennaava 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 naava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaavabeard moss, beard lichen, old man's beard
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →