Where does “pohjanrousku” come from?

pohjanrousku (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

pohjanrousku (Finnish): A milk-cap, Lactarius subcircellatus

Definitions

  1. A milk-cap, Lactarius subcircellatus

Ancestry of “pohjanrousku”, step by step

pohjanrousku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish rousku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrouskuA milk-cap
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →