Where does “nurmimaamuna” come from?

nurmimaamuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish maamuna, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

nurmimaamuna (Finnish): brown puffball, Bovista nigrescens mushroom

Definitions

  1. brown puffball, Bovista nigrescens mushroom

Ancestry of “nurmimaamuna”, step by step

nurmimaamuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maamuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaamunatrue puffball
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish Nurmi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishNurmiAny of a number of small places in Finland and Karelia
2Finnishnurmilawn, grass
3Proto-Finnicnurmifield, meadow
4Proto-Finno-Ugricńurme—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →