Where does “maapähkinä” come from?

maapähkinä (Finnish) comes from Swedish jordnöt, from Swedish nöt, from Old Swedish nut, from Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

maapähkinä (Finnish): peanut, groundnut

Definitions

  1. peanut, groundnut

Ancestry of “maapähkinä”, step by step

maapähkinä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish jordnöt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishjordnötpeanut
2Swedishnötnut, a hard-shelled seed; a difficult problem;...
3Old Swedishnutnut
4Old Norsehnotnut
5Proto-Germanichnutsnut
6Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Finnish mää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmääbaa; I
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish pähkinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpähkinänut; hazel; puzzle, riddle; difficult problem,...
2Proto-Finno-Permicpäškɜ—

Words derived from “maapähkinä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnuts →