Where does “pajunoksa” come from?

pajunoksa (Finnish) comes from Finnish oksa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *oksa, from Proto-Finno-Permic oksa.

pajunoksa (Finnish): willow branch

Definitions

  1. willow branch

Ancestry of “pajunoksa”, step by step

pajunoksa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishoksabranch; bough; knot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*oksa
3Proto-Finno-Permicoksa

via Finnish paju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajuwillow
2Proto-Finnicpajuwillow
3Proto-Uralicpajiwwillow
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic oksa