Where does “tuulenpesäsieni” come from?

tuulenpesäsieni (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuulenpesä, from Finnish pesä, from Proto-Finnic pesä, from Proto-Uralic pesä — nest.

tuulenpesäsieni (Finnish): any fungi of the genus Taphrina

Definitions

  1. any fungi of the genus Taphrina

Ancestry of “tuulenpesäsieni”, step by step

tuulenpesäsieni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuulenpesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuulenpesäwitch's broom disease or deformity in a woody plant
2Finnishpesänest; den; hive
3Proto-Finnicpesänest
4Proto-Uralicpesänest

via Finnish sieni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsienifungus; mushroom; sponge, bath sponge; shorter...
2Proto-Finnicseenifungus; mushroom
3Proto-Uralicśänäbracket fungus
Every word from Proto-Uralic pesä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pesä →Every word from Finnish pesä →