Where does “pensasampiainen” come from?

pensasampiainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ampiainen, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

pensasampiainen (Finnish): median wasp; Euro wasp UK (Dolichovespula media) Eurasian species of wasp

Definitions

  1. median wasp; Euro wasp UK (Dolichovespula media) Eurasian species of wasp

Ancestry of “pensasampiainen”, step by step

pensasampiainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ampiainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishampiainenA wasp
2Finnish-iäinenFront vowel variant of -iainen
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish pensas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpensasbush; shrub
2Proto-Finnicpensasbush
3Proto-Finnicpensa—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →