Where does “rahkahapero” come from?

rahkahapero (Finnish) comes from Finnish hapero, from Finnish hapera, from Finnish haprea, from Finnish hauras, from Proto-Finnic hapras — brittle, fragile, weak.

rahkahapero (Finnish): A brittlegill, "Russula sphagnophila"

Definitions

  1. A brittlegill, "Russula sphagnophila"

Ancestry of “rahkahapero”, step by step

rahkahapero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hapero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaperobrittlegill, russula; brittle
2Finnishhaperabrittle
3Finnishhaprea—
4Finnishhaurasbrittle, fragile, frail, friable, crumbly,...
5Proto-Finnichaprasbrittle, fragile, weak

via Finnish rahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrahkaquark; curd
2Proto-Finnicrahkaquark (soft creamy cheese)
Every word from Proto-Finnic hapras →Every word from Finnish hauras →Every word from Finnish haprea →