Where does “vienansara” come from?

vienansara (Finnish) comes from Finnish šara, from Finnish säristä — to rattle, to creak; to crackle.

vienansara (Finnish): wheat sedge

Definitions

  1. wheat sedge

Ancestry of “vienansara”, step by step

vienansara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle

via Finnish Viena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVienaA loosely defined region to the west and south of the White Sea (Vienanmeri in Finnish) in northwestern Russia
Every word from Finnish säristä →Every word from Finnish šara →