Where does “pekaanipähkinä” come from?

pekaanipähkinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pekaani, from English pecan, from French pacane — pecan.

pekaanipähkinä (Finnish): pecan nut

Definitions

  1. pecan nut

Ancestry of “pekaanipähkinä”, step by step

pekaanipähkinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pekaani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpekaani—
2EnglishpecanA deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the...
3Frenchpacanepecan

via Finnish pähkinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpähkinänut; hazel; puzzle, riddle; difficult problem,...
2Proto-Finno-Permicpäškɜ—
Every word from French pacane →Every word from English pecan →Every word from Finnish pekaani →