Where does “honkapetäjä” come from?

honkapetäjä (Ingrian) comes from Finnish petäjä, from Proto-Finnic petägä, from Proto-Uralic pečä — pine.

Ancestry of “honkapetäjä”, step by step

honkapetäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish petäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpetäjäpine; a large, lone pine tree
2Proto-Finnicpetägäpine
3Proto-Uralicpečäpine

via Ingrian honka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianhonkalarge and straight pine
Every word from Proto-Uralic pečä →Every word from Proto-Finnic petägä →Every word from Finnish petäjä →