peruna

Etymology
Borrowed from (compare dialectal Finnish Swedish,  and standard 🇨🇬). Originally meant "pear", in which sense it has been attested. When potatoes were first introduced to Finland in the 18th century, they were usually called (compare, ). is first mentioned in a 1787 dictionary by, and was eventually replaced in the sense "pear" by the , which is a more recent borrowing.

Noun

 * 1) potato,  plant and the tuber