Where does “pensasnärhi” come from?

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

pensasnärhi (Finnish): scrub jay

Definitions

  1. scrub jay

Ancestry of “pensasnärhi”, step by step

pensasnärhi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensas

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

via Finnish närhi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnärhijay; specifically Eurasian jay
2Proto-FinnicnärhiEurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Words derived from “pensasnärhi”

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