Where does “siitakesieni” come from?
siitakesieni (Finnish) comes from Finnish sieni, from Proto-Finnic seeni, from Proto-Uralic śänä — bracket fungus.
siitakesieni (Finnish): shiitake
Ancestry of “siitakesieni”, step by step
siitakesieni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sieni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sieni | fungus; mushroom; sponge, bath sponge; shorter... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | seeni | fungus; mushroom |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | śänä | bracket fungus |
via Finnish siitake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siitake | shiitake |
| 2 | Japanese | 椎茸 | shiitake, a type of edible mushroom |
| 3 | Japanese | 椎 | any tree of the genus "Castanopsis" |