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Where does “äimäruoho” come from?

äimäruoho (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoho, from Proto-Finnic rooho, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

äimäruoho (Finnish): water awlwort, Subularia aquatica

Definitions

  1. water awlwort, Subularia aquatica

Ancestry of “äimäruoho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruohograss ; blade of grass; marijuana
2Proto-Finnicroohograss
3Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
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