Where does “nuijasara” come from?

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

nuijasara (Finnish): Buxbaum's sedge

Definitions

  1. Buxbaum's sedge

Ancestry of “nuijasara”, step by step

nuijasara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nuija

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

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Finnic nuija →Every word from Finnish nuija →