Where does “pensasleppä” come from?

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

pensasleppä (Finnish): green alder, Alnus viridis

Definitions

  1. green alder, Alnus viridis

Ancestry of “pensasleppä”, step by step

pensasleppä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensas

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

via Finnish leppä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishleppäAn alder, any of the trees in the genus "Alnus";...
2Proto-Finnicleppäalder; blood
3Proto-Balticléiˀpāˀlinden tree
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