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Where does “vihnemänty” come from?

vihnemänty (Finnish) comes from Finnish mänty, from Proto-Finnic mäntü, from Proto-Finnic mäntä — mixing utensil made of the top of a young pine.

vihnemänty (Finnish): Rocky Mountains bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata

Definitions

  1. Rocky Mountains bristlecone pine, Pinus aristata

Ancestry of “vihnemänty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmäntypine; pine, pinewood; Scots pine, "Pinus...
2Proto-Finnicmäntüpine
3Proto-Finnicmäntämixing utensil made of the top of a young pine
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