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Where does “pakuri” come from?

pakuri (Finnish) comes from Hungarian pakura, from Romanian păcură, from Late Latin picula, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

pakuri (Finnish): the conk of chaga mushroom, "Inonotus obliquus"

Definitions

  1. the conk of chaga mushroom, "Inonotus obliquus"

Ancestry of “pakuri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpakuramazut, crude oil, fuel oil
2Romanianpăcurăoil; tar; naphtha
3Late Latinpiculatar
4Latinpixpitch, tar
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

Words derived from “pakuri”

  • pakurikääpä
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