Where does “virginianpihta” come from?

virginianpihta (Finnish) comes from Finnish pihta, from Russian пи́хта, from German Fichte, from Middle High German viehte, from Old High German fiuhta, from Proto-West Germanic fiuhtijā, from Proto-Germanic fiuhtijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European péwḱ-t-ih₂ — pine.

virginianpihta (Finnish): Fraser fir, Abies fraseri North American species of fir

Definitions

  1. Fraser fir, Abies fraseri North American species of fir

Ancestry of “virginianpihta”, step by step

virginianpihta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pihta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpihtaA fir of the genus "Abies"
2Russianпи́хтаfir
3GermanFichteA spruce; the common tree; spruce; the wood and...
4Middle High Germanviehte
5Old High Germanfiuhta
6Proto-West Germanicfiuhtijāspruce
7Proto-Germanicfiuhtijǭ
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpéwḱ-t-ih₂
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpewḱ-pine

via Finnish Virginia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVirginiaof Virginia
2EnglishVirginiaA former colony that was a part of the British Empire
3LatinVirginia
4LatinVerginia
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European péwḱ-t-ih₂Every word from Proto-Germanic fiuhtijǭ