Where does “majavanpesä” come from?

majavanpesä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesä, from Proto-Finnic pesä, from Proto-Uralic pesä — nest.

majavanpesä (Finnish): beaver lodge, beaver nest

Definitions

  1. beaver lodge, beaver nest

Ancestry of “majavanpesä”, step by step

majavanpesä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesänest; den; hive
2Proto-Finnicpesänest
3Proto-Uralicpesänest

via Finnish majava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmajavabeaver
2Proto-Finnicmajagabeaver
3Proto-Finno-Permicmaja—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pesä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pesä →Every word from Finnish pesä →