Where does “kuusenkärkkä” come from?

kuusenkärkkä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian kärkkä, from Finnish kerkkä — Young shoot, bud or tip of a conifer tree.

kuusenkärkkä (Ingrian): spruce cone

Definitions

  1. spruce cone

Ancestry of “kuusenkärkkä”, step by step

kuusenkärkkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian kärkkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankärkkäcone
2FinnishkerkkäYoung shoot, bud or tip of a conifer tree

via Ingrian kuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankuusispruce
Every word from Finnish kerkkä →Every word from Ingrian kärkkä →