Where does “lehmäntatti” come from?

lehmäntatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish lehmä, from Proto-Finnic lehmä — cow.

lehmäntatti (Finnish): birch bolete

Definitions

  1. birch bolete

Ancestry of “lehmäntatti”, step by step

lehmäntatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehmäcow; any female ruminant; often with a modifier;...
2Proto-Finniclehmäcow

via Finnish tatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtattibolete; thumbstick
2Swedishtättato steal, gyp
Every word from Proto-Finnic lehmä →