Where does “porkkanainen” come from?

porkkanainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish porkkana, from Russian боркан — carrot.

porkkanainen (Finnish): carroty, containing or resembling carrot

Definitions

  1. carroty, containing or resembling carrot

Ancestry of “porkkanainen”, step by step

porkkanainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish porkkana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishporkkanacarrot; Essive singular form of porkka
2Russianборканcarrot

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen—
Every word from Russian боркан →Every word from Finnish porkkana →
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