Where does “mätässara” come from?

mätässara (Finnish) comes from Finnish mätäs, from Proto-Finnic mät'äs, from Proto-Uralic mäkte — tussock.

mätässara (Finnish): Carex cespitosa

Definitions

  1. Carex cespitosa

Ancestry of “mätässara”, step by step

mätässara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mätäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmätäsA tussock; Second-person singular imperative...
2Proto-Finnicmät'ästussock
3Proto-Uralicmäktetussock

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Uralic mäkte →Every word from Proto-Finnic mät'äs →Every word from Finnish mätäs →