Where does “nuijakuukunen” come from?

nuijakuukunen (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuija, from Proto-Finnic nuija — club, cudgel.

nuijakuukunen (Finnish): pestle puffball, Lycoperdon excipuliforme mushroom

Definitions

  1. pestle puffball, Lycoperdon excipuliforme mushroom

Ancestry of “nuijakuukunen”, step by step

nuijakuukunen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nuija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuijaclub; mallet, maul; bludgeon
2Proto-Finnicnuijaclub, cudgel

via Finnish kuukunen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuukunenany mushroom of the former genus Calvatia
Every word from Proto-Finnic nuijaEvery word from Finnish nuija