Where does “okakuusi” come from?

okakuusi (Finnish) comes from Finnish oka, from Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa — oca, Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber.

okakuusi (Finnish): Colorado blue spruce, blue spruce (Picea pungens)

Definitions

  1. Colorado blue spruce, blue spruce (Picea pungens)

Ancestry of “okakuusi”, step by step

okakuusi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishokathorn, prickle
2Spanishocagoose, especially of the domestic European...
3Quechuauqaoca, Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber

via Finnish kuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
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