Where does “mammuttipetäjä” come from?

mammuttipetäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mammutti, from Swedish mammut, from Russian ма́монт — mammoth.

mammuttipetäjä (Finnish): giant sequoia

Definitions

  1. giant sequoia

Ancestry of “mammuttipetäjä”, step by step

mammuttipetäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mammutti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmammuttimammoth
2Swedishmammutmammoth
3Russianма́монтmammoth

via Finnish petäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpetäjäpine; a large, lone pine tree
2Proto-Finnicpetägäpine
3Proto-Uralicpečäpine
Every word from Russian ма́монт →Every word from Swedish mammut →Every word from Finnish mammutti →