Where does “villihanhi” come from?

villihanhi (Finnish) comes from Finnish hanhi, from Proto-Finnic hanhi, from Proto-Finnic šanši.

villihanhi (Finnish): wild goose

Definitions

  1. wild goose

Ancestry of “villihanhi”, step by step

villihanhi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hanhi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhanhigoose
2Proto-Finnichanhigoose
3Proto-Finnicšanši—

via Finnish villi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvilliwild; savage; feral
2Old Swedishviller—
Every word from Proto-Finnic šanši →Every word from Proto-Finnic hanhi →Every word from Finnish hanhi →