Where does “pihlaja” come from?

pihlaja (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic pihlaga, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pićlä.

pihlaja (Finnish): rowan, mountain ash, "Sorbus aucuparia"; Any tree...

Definitions

  1. rowan, mountain ash, "Sorbus aucuparia"; Any tree...

Ancestry of “pihlaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpihlagarowan
2Proto-Finno-Ugricpićlä

Words derived from “pihlaja

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pićläEvery word from Proto-Finnic pihlaga
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