Where does “variksenpesä” come from?

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

variksenpesä (Finnish): crow's nest

Definitions

  1. crow's nest

Ancestry of “variksenpesä”, step by step

variksenpesä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pesä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpesänest; den; hive
2Proto-Finnicpesänest
3Proto-Uralicpesänest

via Finnish varis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarishooded crow, grey crow, "Corvus cornix"; corvid,...
2Proto-Finnicvaris—
3Proto-Uralicwarᴈcrow
Every word from Proto-Uralic pesä →Every word from Proto-Finnic pesä →Every word from Finnish pesä →