Where does “sēņ” come from?

sēņ (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic seeni, from Proto-Uralic śänä — bracket fungus.

sēņ (Livonian): mushroom

Definitions

  1. mushroom

Ancestry of “sēņ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicseenifungus; mushroom
2Proto-Uralicśänäbracket fungus

Words derived from “sēņ”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śänä →Every word from Proto-Finnic seeni →
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