Where does “nummitatti” come from?

nummitatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish nummi, from Proto-Finnic nummi — heathland, moor.

nummitatti (Finnish): Jersey cow mushroom, Suillus bovinus

Definitions

  1. Jersey cow mushroom, Suillus bovinus

Ancestry of “nummitatti”, step by step

nummitatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nummi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnummiheath, heathland, moor
2Proto-Finnicnummiheathland, moor

via Finnish tatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtattibolete; thumbstick
2Swedishtättato steal, gyp
Every word from Proto-Finnic nummi →