Where does “pesämuna” come from?
pesämuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesä, from Proto-Finnic pesä, from Proto-Uralic pesä — nest.
pesämuna (Finnish): nest egg
Ancestry of “pesämuna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pesä | nest; den; hive |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pesä | nest |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | pesä | nest |