Where does “mustikkapensas” come from?

mustikkapensas (Finnish) comes from Finnish pensas, from Proto-Finnic pensas, from Proto-Finnic pensa.

mustikkapensas (Finnish): bilberry bush, blueberry bush

Definitions

  1. bilberry bush, blueberry bush

Ancestry of “mustikkapensas”, step by step

mustikkapensas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpensasbush; shrub
2Proto-Finnicpensasbush
3Proto-Finnicpensa—

via Finnish mustikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustikkabilberry, "Vaccinium myrtillus"; a common shrub...
2Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
3Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Finnic pensa →Every word from Proto-Finnic pensas →Every word from Finnish pensas →