Where does “pensasaita” come from?

pensasaita (Finnish) comes from Finnish pensas, from Proto-Finnic pensas, from Proto-Finnic pensa.

pensasaita (Finnish): hedge, hedgerow

Definitions

  1. hedge, hedgerow

Ancestry of “pensasaita”, step by step

pensasaita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpensasbush; shrub
2Proto-Finnicpensasbush
3Proto-Finnicpensa—

via Finnish aita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaitafence; wall
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*aita—
3Proto-Uralic*ajtafence
Every word from Proto-Finnic pensa →Every word from Proto-Finnic pensas →Every word from Finnish pensas →