Where does “virnasara” come from?

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

virnasara (Finnish): pill sedge

Definitions

  1. pill sedge

Ancestry of “virnasara”, step by step

virnasara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish šara

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

via Finnish virna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirnavetch, tare
Every word from Finnish säristä →Every word from Finnish šara →