Where does “ampiaisyrtti” come from?

ampiaisyrtti (Finnish) comes from Finnish yrtti, from Old Swedish yrt, from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

ampiaisyrtti (Finnish): dragonhead plant of the genus

Definitions

  1. dragonhead plant of the genus

Ancestry of “ampiaisyrtti”, step by step

ampiaisyrtti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yrtti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyrttiherb
2Old Swedishyrt—
3Old Norseurt—
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Finnish ampiainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishampiainenA wasp
2Finnish-iäinenFront vowel variant of -iainen
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

Words derived from “ampiaisyrtti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →