Where does “männynkäpy” come from?

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

männynkäpy (Finnish): pine cone

Definitions

  1. pine cone

Ancestry of “männynkäpy”, step by step

männynkäpy 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 käpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpyconifer's cone, strobilus
2Proto-Turkickäpä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic mäntä →Every word from Proto-Finnic mäntü →Every word from Finnish mänty →