Where does “mehiläispesä” come from?
mehiläispesä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mehiläinen, from Proto-Finnic mehiläinen, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mekše, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mákš, from Proto-Indo-European mék-s ~ m̥k-és, from Proto-Indo-European mek- — to bleat.
mehiläispesä (Finnish): beehive
Ancestry of “mehiläispesä”, step by step