Where does “polkusara” come from?

polkusara (Finnish) comes from Finnish polku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

polkusara (Finnish): brownish sedge

Definitions

  1. brownish sedge

Ancestry of “polkusara”, step by step

polkusara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolkupath, trail, track; path; treading, stomping
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish polku →