Where does “tunturipaju” come from?

tunturipaju (Finnish) comes from Finnish paju, from Proto-Finnic paju, from Proto-Uralic pajiw — willow.

tunturipaju (Finnish): grey willow

Definitions

  1. grey willow

Ancestry of “tunturipaju”, step by step

tunturipaju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpajuwillow
2Proto-Finnicpajuwillow
3Proto-Uralicpajiwwillow

via Finnish tunturi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtunturiA fell
2Proto-Samictuontërfell

Words derived from “tunturipaju”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pajiw →Every word from Proto-Finnic paju →Every word from Finnish paju →
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