Where does “mursunviikset” come from?

mursunviikset (Finnish) comes from Finnish mursu, from Northern Sami morša, from Proto-Samic *moršë — walrus.

mursunviikset (Finnish): walrus moustache; walrus mustache

Definitions

  1. walrus moustache; walrus mustache

Ancestry of “mursunviikset”, step by step

mursunviikset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mursu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmursuwalrus
2Northern Samimoršawalrus
3Proto-Samic*moršëwalrus

via Finnish viikset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviiksetmoustache/mustache
2Finnishviiksione half of a moustache; moustache; Short for...
Every word from Proto-Samic *moršë →Every word from Northern Sami morša →Every word from Finnish mursu →