Where does “tarmonpesä” come from?

tarmonpesä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pesä, from Proto-Finnic pesä, from Proto-Uralic pesä — nest.

tarmonpesä (Finnish): bundle of energy, live wire, fireball energetic or lively person

Definitions

  1. bundle of energy, live wire, fireball energetic or lively person

Ancestry of “tarmonpesä”, step by step

tarmonpesä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesänest; den; hive
2Proto-Finnicpesänest
3Proto-Uralicpesänest

via Finnish tarmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarmoenergy, vigour; drive; energy
2Proto-Finnictarmo—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pesä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pesä →Every word from Finnish pesä →