Where does “mansikkapinaatti” come from?

mansikkapinaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish mansikka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mancikka.

mansikkapinaatti (Finnish): leafy goosefoot, Blitum virgatum plant in the amaranth family formerly used as leaf vegetable

Definitions

  1. leafy goosefoot, Blitum virgatum plant in the amaranth family formerly used as leaf vegetable

Ancestry of “mansikkapinaatti”, step by step

mansikkapinaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mansikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmansikkastrawberry
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*mancikka

via Finnish pinaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpinaattispinach
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mancikkaEvery word from Finnish mansikka