Where does “madonlakki” come from?

madonlakki (Finnish) comes from Finnish mato, from Proto-Finnic mato, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačo.

madonlakki (Finnish): any mushroom of the genus Psilocybe

Definitions

  1. any mushroom of the genus Psilocybe

Ancestry of “madonlakki”, step by step

madonlakki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo

via Finnish lakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlakkiheadwear; cap; cap, pileus
2Swedishbläckink; pigment or dye for writing, printing etc;...

Words derived from “madonlakki

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mačoEvery word from Proto-Finnic matoEvery word from Finnish mato