Where does “viitasara” come from?

viitasara (Finnish) comes from Finnish viita, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

viitasara (Finnish): Carex tenuiflora

Definitions

  1. Carex tenuiflora

Ancestry of “viitasara”, step by step

viitasara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishviitaA thicket of young deciduous trees
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →
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