Where does “tapionherkkusieni” come from?
tapionherkkusieni (Finnish) comes from Finnish Tapio, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ, from Proto-Germanic stabaz — to stand still; to harden.
tapionherkkusieni (Finnish): An agaric, Agaricus silvaticus
Definitions
- An agaric, Agaricus silvaticus
Ancestry of “tapionherkkusieni”, step by step
tapionherkkusieni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Tapio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Tapio | The god of the forest |
| 2 | Finnish | tavata | to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch |
| 3 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 4 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 5 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 6 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 7 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |
via Finnish herkkusieni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | herkkusieni | button mushroom, table mushroom, cultivated... |
| 2 | Finnish | sieni | fungus; mushroom; sponge, bath sponge; shorter... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | seeni | fungus; mushroom |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | śänä | bracket fungus |