Where does “päärynäpuu” come from?

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

päärynäpuu (Finnish): A pear tree

Definitions

  1. A pear tree

Ancestry of “päärynäpuu”, step by step

päärynäpuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päärynä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäärynäpear
2Swedishpäronpear; parent; the barrel of a clarinet
3Old Norseperapear tree
4Old Englishperepear
5Latinpiruma pear

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Old English pere →Every word from Old Norse pera →