Where does “töpökattara” come from?

töpökattara (Finnish) comes from Finnish töpö — stump, stub.

Ancestry of “töpökattara”, step by step

töpökattara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish töpö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtöpöstump, stub

via Finnish kattara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkattarabrome grass of the genus
Every word from Finnish töpö
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