Where does “marjakärkkä” come from?

marjakärkkä (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian marja, from Proto-Finnic marja, from Proto-Finno-Ugric mërja — berry.

marjakärkkä (Ingrian): cluster of berries

Definitions

  1. cluster of berries

Ancestry of “marjakärkkä”, step by step

marjakärkkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian marja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianmarjaberry
2Proto-Finnicmarjaberry
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmërjaberry

via Ingrian kärkkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankärkkäcone
2FinnishkerkkäYoung shoot, bud or tip of a conifer tree
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric mërja →Every word from Proto-Finnic marja →Every word from Ingrian marja →