Where does “tunturisillihapero” come from?

tunturisillihapero (Finnish) comes from Finnish sillihapero, from Finnish hapero, from Finnish hapera, from Finnish haprea, from Finnish hauras, from Proto-Finnic hapras — brittle, fragile, weak.

tunturisillihapero (Finnish): A mushroom, Russula oreina

Definitions

  1. A mushroom, Russula oreina

Ancestry of “tunturisillihapero”, step by step

tunturisillihapero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sillihapero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsillihaperoshrimp mushroom, Russula xerampelina
2Finnishhaperobrittlegill, russula; brittle
3Finnishhaperabrittle
4Finnishhaprea—
5Finnishhaurasbrittle, fragile, frail, friable, crumbly,...
6Proto-Finnichaprasbrittle, fragile, weak

via Finnish tunturi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtunturiA fell
2Proto-Samictuontërfell
Every word from Proto-Finnic hapras →Every word from Finnish hauras →Every word from Finnish haprea →