Where does “lahottajasieni” come from?

lahottajasieni (Finnish) comes from Finnish lahottaja, from Finnish lahottaa, from Finnish lahota, from Finnish tä, from Finnish mitä — Partitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

lahottajasieni (Finnish): wood-decay fungus, saprophytic fungus

Definitions

  1. wood-decay fungus, saprophytic fungus

Ancestry of “lahottajasieni”, step by step

lahottajasieni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lahottaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlahottajasaprotroph
2FinnishlahottaaTo rot, decay
3Finnishlahotato decay, rot; Indicative present connegative...
4Finnishtäwhat
5FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...

via Finnish sieni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsienifungus; mushroom; sponge, bath sponge; shorter...
2Proto-Finnicseenifungus; mushroom
3Proto-Uralicśänäbracket fungus
Every word from Finnish mitä →Every word from Finnish tä →Every word from Finnish lahota →