Where does “tunturisara” come from?

tunturisara (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunturi, from Proto-Samic tuontër — fell.

tunturisara (Finnish): Bigelow's sedge

Definitions

  1. Bigelow's sedge

Ancestry of “tunturisara”, step by step

tunturisara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tunturi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtunturiA fell
2Proto-Samictuontërfell

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Samic tuontër →Every word from Finnish tunturi →