Where does “napajäkälä” come from?

napajäkälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäkälä, from Proto-Finnic jäkälä, from Proto-Finno-Permic jäkä-.

napajäkälä (Finnish): Any lichen of the genus Umbilicaria

Definitions

  1. Any lichen of the genus Umbilicaria

Ancestry of “napajäkälä”, step by step

napajäkälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäkälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäkälälichen
2Proto-Finnicjäkälälichen
3Proto-Finno-Permicjäkä-—

via Finnish napa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapanavel; pole; pivot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*napa—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jäkä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic jäkälä →Every word from Finnish jäkälä →