Where does “pohjushedelmä” come from?

pohjushedelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohjus, from Ingrian pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

pohjushedelmä (Finnish): pome type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels

Definitions

  1. pome type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels

Ancestry of “pohjushedelmä”, step by step

pohjushedelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohjus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjusbottom, base
2Ingrianpohjabottom; north
3Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
4Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish hedelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhedelmäfruit
2Proto-Finnicheidelmä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Ingrian pohja →