Where does “päärynämehu” come from?
päärynämehu (Finnish) comes from Finnish päärynä, from Swedish päron, from Old Norse pera, from Old English pere, from Latin pirum — a pear.
päärynämehu (Finnish): pear juice
Ancestry of “päärynämehu”, step by step
päärynämehu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päärynä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päärynä | pear |
| 2 | Swedish | päron | pear; parent; the barrel of a clarinet |
| 3 | Old Norse | pera | pear tree |
| 4 | Old English | pere | pear |
| 5 | Latin | pirum | a pear |
via Finnish mehu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mehu | juice; cordial |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |