Where does “pensasangervo” come from?

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

pensasangervo (Finnish): spirea

Definitions

  1. spirea

Ancestry of “pensasangervo”, step by step

pensasangervo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensas

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

via Finnish angervo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishangervoa plant of the genus "Filipendula"
Every word from Proto-Finnic pensa →Every word from Proto-Finnic pensas →Every word from Finnish pensas →