Where does “tuohenkäppyrä” come from?

tuohenkäppyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuohi, from Proto-Finnic toohi, from Proto-Finnic tooši, from Baltic unknown.

tuohenkäppyrä (Finnish): crooked or curved piece of birchbark

Definitions

  1. crooked or curved piece of birchbark

Ancestry of “tuohenkäppyrä”, step by step

tuohenkäppyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuohi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuohibirchbark; money, cash; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnictoohibirchbark
3Proto-Finnictooši—
4Balticunknown—

via Finnish käppyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkäppyräA curled up object
Every word from Baltic unknown →Every word from Proto-Finnic tooši →Every word from Proto-Finnic toohi →