Where does “päärynä” come from?

päärynä (Finnish) comes from Swedish päron, from Old Norse pera, from Old English pere, from Latin pirum — a pear.

päärynä (Finnish): pear

Definitions

  1. pear

Ancestry of “päärynä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpäronpear; parent; the barrel of a clarinet
2Old Norseperapear tree
3Old Englishperepear
4Latinpiruma pear

Words derived from “päärynä”

Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Old English pere →Every word from Old Norse pera →