Where does “saksankuusi” come from?

saksankuusi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Saksa, from Old High German Sahso, from Proto-West Germanic sahsō, from Proto-Germanic sahsô.

Ancestry of “saksankuusi”, step by step

saksankuusi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Saksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSaksaGermany; German
2Old High GermanSahsoa Saxon
3Proto-West Germanicsahsōa Saxon
4Proto-Germanicsahsô—

via Finnish kuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
2Proto-Finnickuucisix
3Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
Every word from Proto-Germanic sahsô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sahsō →Every word from Old High German Sahso →
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