Where does “nororousku” come from?

nororousku (Finnish) comes from Finnish rousku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

nororousku (Finnish): A milk-cap, "Lactarius hysginoides"

Definitions

  1. A milk-cap, "Lactarius hysginoides"

Ancestry of “nororousku”, step by step

nororousku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rousku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrouskuA milk-cap
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish noro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnorotrickle, dribble; rivulet
2Finnisho—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish rousku →