Where does “pensaslepinkäinen” come from?

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

pensaslepinkäinen (Finnish): tchagra any bird of the genus

Definitions

  1. tchagra any bird of the genus

Ancestry of “pensaslepinkäinen”, step by step

pensaslepinkäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensas

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

via Finnish lepinkäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlepinkäinenshrike

Words derived from “pensaslepinkäinen”

Every word from Proto-Finnic pensa →Every word from Proto-Finnic pensas →Every word from Finnish pensas →