Where does “nokisieni” come from?

nokisieni (Finnish) comes from Finnish sieni, from Proto-Finnic seeni, from Proto-Uralic śänä — bracket fungus.

nokisieni (Finnish): any fungus within the subphylum Ustilaginomycotina; the subphylum Ustilaginomycotina

Definitions

  1. any fungus within the subphylum Ustilaginomycotina; the subphylum Ustilaginomycotina

Ancestry of “nokisieni”, step by step

nokisieni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sieni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsienifungus; mushroom; sponge, bath sponge; shorter...
2Proto-Finnicseenifungus; mushroom
3Proto-Uralicśänäbracket fungus

via Finnish noki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnokisoot; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Proto-Finnicnokisoot
Every word from Proto-Uralic śänä →Every word from Proto-Finnic seeni →Every word from Finnish sieni →
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