Where does “pakurikääpä” come from?
pakurikääpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakuri, 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.
pakurikääpä (Finnish): chaga, chaga mushroom, "Inonotus obliquus"
Definitions
- chaga, chaga mushroom, "Inonotus obliquus"
Ancestry of “pakurikääpä”, step by step
pakurikääpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pakuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pakuri | the conk of chaga mushroom, "Inonotus obliquus" |
| 2 | Hungarian | pakura | mazut, crude oil, fuel oil |
| 3 | Romanian | păcură | oil; tar; naphtha |
| 4 | Late Latin | picula | tar |
| 5 | Latin | pix | pitch, tar |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pik- | to be angry; pitch; resin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pi- | sap, juice |
via Finnish kääpä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kääpä | polypore, bracket fungus, shelf fungus; conk |