Where does “pukinpensas” come from?

pukinpensas (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pukki, from Old Swedish bukker, from Old Norse bukkr, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-, from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V, from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V — young he-goat.

pukinpensas (Finnish): wolfberry

Definitions

  1. wolfberry

Ancestry of “pukinpensas”, step by step

pukinpensas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Pukki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPukkibillygoat; buck male goat
2Old Swedishbukkerbuck; battering ram
3Old Norsebukkrbuck
4Proto-Germanic*bukkaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
6Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
7Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat

via Finnish pensas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpensasbush; shrub
2Proto-Finnicpensasbush
3Proto-Finnicpensa—
Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V →Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣V →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ- →