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Borrowed from Swedishpäron. Doublet of peruna, an older borrowing. First attested in 1750 as maapäärynä(“potato”, literally “ground pear”), and first in the current sense in 1776 (in päärynäpuu(“pear tree”)). Compare Karelianpiärynä.
“päärynä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
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