Where does “ansarikasvi” come from?

ansarikasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish ansari, from Russian оранжерея, from French orangerie, from French Orange, from Spanish naranja, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج, from Persian نارنگ — date palm.

ansarikasvi (Finnish): greenhouse plant

Definitions

  1. greenhouse plant

Ancestry of “ansarikasvi”, step by step

ansarikasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ansari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishansarigreenhouse
2Russianоранжереяhothouse, greenhouse, conservatory
3Frenchorangerieorangery
4FrenchOrangeOrange
5Spanishnaranjaorange; Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish...
6Old Spanishnaranjaorange
7Arabicنَارَنْجbitter orange
8Persianنارنگbitter orange
9Sanskritनारङ्गthe orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;...
10Dravidiandra—
11Proto-Dravidian*cīntudate palm

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu →Every word from Dravidian dra →Every word from Sanskrit नारङ्ग →