Where does “booriryhmä” come from?

booriryhmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish boori, from Finnish booraksi, from Swedish borax.

booriryhmä (Finnish): boron group

Definitions

  1. boron group

Ancestry of “booriryhmä”, step by step

booriryhmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish boori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbooriboron
2Finnishbooraksiborax
3Swedishborax—

via Finnish ryhmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryhmägroup; team; squad
2Proto-Finnicrühmägroup
Every word from Swedish borax →Every word from Finnish booraksi →Every word from Finnish boori →