Where does “samettitatti” come from?

samettitatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish sametti, from Swedish sammet, from Middle Low German sammet, from Old French samit, from Latin samitum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάμιτον, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks — six.

samettitatti (Finnish): suede bolete, brown and yellow bolete, boring brown bolete, yellow-cracked bolete, Xerocomus subtomentosus species of bolete fungus with olive to tan fruit body with a distinctive velvety surface

Definitions

  1. suede bolete, brown and yellow bolete, boring brown bolete, yellow-cracked bolete, Xerocomus subtomentosus species of bolete fungus with olive to tan fruit body with a distinctive velvety surface

Ancestry of “samettitatti”, step by step

samettitatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sametti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsamettivelvet
2Swedishsammetvelvet
3Middle Low Germansammet
4Old Frenchsamitsamite
5Latinsamitum
6Ancient Greekἑξάμιτον
7Ancient Greekἕξsix
8Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Finnish tatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtattibolete; thumbstick
2Swedishtättato steal, gyp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs