Where does “männynkääpä” come from?

männynkääpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mänty, from Proto-Finnic mäntü, from Proto-Finnic mäntä — mixing utensil made of the top of a young pine.

männynkääpä (Finnish): red ring rot, white speck, Phellinus pini

Definitions

  1. red ring rot, white speck, Phellinus pini

Ancestry of “männynkääpä”, step by step

männynkääpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mänty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmäntypine; pine, pinewood; Scots pine, "Pinus...
2Proto-Finnicmäntüpine
3Proto-Finnicmäntämixing utensil made of the top of a young pine

via Finnish kääpä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkääpäpolypore, bracket fungus, shelf fungus; conk
Every word from Proto-Finnic mäntä →Every word from Proto-Finnic mäntü →Every word from Finnish mänty →