Where does “päärynävartalo” come from?

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

päärynävartalo (Finnish): pear-shaped body

Definitions

  1. pear-shaped body

Ancestry of “päärynävartalo”, step by step

päärynävartalo 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 vartalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvartalobody, torso; stem; style
2Finnishvarsistalk; handle or haft of some tools; chiefly a...
3Proto-Finnicvarcistalk of a plant
4Proto-Finno-Permicwarte—
Every word from Latin pirum →Every word from Old English pere →Every word from Old Norse pera →