Where does “petäjänkärkkä” come from?

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

petäjänkärkkä (Ingrian): pinecone

Definitions

  1. pinecone

Ancestry of “petäjänkärkkä”, step by step

petäjänkärkkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish petäjä

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

via Ingrian kärkkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankärkkäcone
2FinnishkerkkäYoung shoot, bud or tip of a conifer tree
Every word from Proto-Uralic pečä →Every word from Proto-Finnic petägä →Every word from Finnish petäjä →