Where does “pihatatar” come from?

pihatatar (Finnish) comes from Finnish piha, from Proto-Finnic piha — yard.

pihatatar (Finnish): common knotgrass

Definitions

  1. common knotgrass

Ancestry of “pihatatar”, step by step

pihatatar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihayard; at sea
2Proto-Finnicpihayard

via Finnish tatar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtatarplant of the family Polygonaceae
2Finnishtattaribuckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum plant
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