Where does “näsiäpensas” come from?

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

näsiäpensas (Finnish): mezereon bush

Definitions

  1. mezereon bush

Ancestry of “näsiäpensas”, step by step

näsiäpensas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensas

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

via Finnish näsiä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäsiämezereon
Every word from Proto-Finnic pensaEvery word from Proto-Finnic pensasEvery word from Finnish pensas