Where does “barnålsopp” come from?

barnålsopp (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk barnål, from Norwegian Nynorsk bar, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją.

barnålsopp (Norwegian Nynorsk): any very small forest mushroom with a stem, especially of a genus like Micromphale and Marasmius (and the smaller species of the genus Mycena)

Definitions

  1. any very small forest mushroom with a stem, especially of a genus like Micromphale and Marasmius (and the smaller species of the genus Mycena)

Ancestry of “barnålsopp”, step by step

barnålsopp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk barnål

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskbarnåla needle
2Norwegian Nynorskbara bar; bar; the needles of the conifers, twigs...
3EnglishBarA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
4Germanbär
5Middle High Germanbërbear
6Old High GermanberiA berry
7Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
8Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-

via Norwegian Nynorsk sopp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsksoppa fungus; a mushroom
2Old Norsesǫppr
3Proto-GermanicswambazAlternative form of *swammaz
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-Every word from Proto-Germanic bazją