Where does “pensasvarpunen” come from?

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

pensasvarpunen (Finnish): Spanish sparrow

Definitions

  1. Spanish sparrow

Ancestry of “pensasvarpunen”, step by step

pensasvarpunen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensas

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

via Finnish varpunen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarpunensparrow; passerine, sparrow
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