Where does “kuusilahokka” come from?

kuusilahokka (Finnish) comes from Finnish lahokka, from Finnish -kkä, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

kuusilahokka (Finnish): conifer tuft mushroom, Hypholoma capnoides mushroom

Definitions

  1. conifer tuft mushroom, Hypholoma capnoides mushroom

Ancestry of “kuusilahokka”, step by step

kuusilahokka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lahokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlahokkaA mushroom of the genus Hypholoma
2Finnish-kkäFront vowel variant of -kka
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish kuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →