Where does “tataarivaahtera” come from?

tataarivaahtera (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaahtera, from Proto-Finnic vahtera — maple.

tataarivaahtera (Finnish): Tatar maple, Tatarian maple, Acer tataricum species of maple widespread across central and southeastern Europe and temperate Asia

Definitions

  1. Tatar maple, Tatarian maple, Acer tataricum species of maple widespread across central and southeastern Europe and temperate Asia

Ancestry of “tataarivaahtera”, step by step

tataarivaahtera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaahtera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaahteramaple any tree of the genus
2Proto-Finnicvahteramaple

via Finnish tataari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtataariTatar person
2Russianтатарgenitive/accusative plural of тата́рин
Every word from Proto-Finnic vahtera →Every word from Finnish vaahtera →