Where does “pensaskataja” come from?

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

pensaskataja (Finnish): A common, bush-like variant of common juniper,...

Definitions

  1. A common, bush-like variant of common juniper,...

Ancestry of “pensaskataja”, step by step

pensaskataja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensas

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

via Finnish kataja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatajajuniper; common juniper, "Juniperus communis"
2Proto-Finnickatagajuniper
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickoča—
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