Where does “vihnesara” come from?

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

vihnesara (Finnish): chaffy sedge

Definitions

  1. chaffy sedge

Ancestry of “vihnesara”, step by step

vihnesara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish šara

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

via Finnish vihne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvihneawn
Every word from Finnish säristä →Every word from Finnish šara →