Where does “kyyhkyhapero” come from?

kyyhkyhapero (Finnish) comes from Finnish hapero, from Finnish hapera, from Finnish haprea, from Finnish hauras, from Proto-Finnic hapras — brittle, fragile, weak.

kyyhkyhapero (Finnish): charcoal burner, "Russula cyanoxantha"

Definitions

  1. charcoal burner, "Russula cyanoxantha"

Ancestry of “kyyhkyhapero”, step by step

kyyhkyhapero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hapero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaperobrittlegill, russula; brittle
2Finnishhaperabrittle
3Finnishhaprea
4Finnishhaurasbrittle, fragile, frail, friable, crumbly,...
5Proto-Finnichaprasbrittle, fragile, weak

via Finnish kyyhky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkyyhkypigeon, dove; pigeon; dove
Every word from Proto-Finnic haprasEvery word from Finnish haurasEvery word from Finnish haprea