Where does “emmervehnä” come from?

emmervehnä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vehnä, from Proto-Finnic vehnä, from Proto-Finno-Permic wešnä.

emmervehnä (Finnish): emmer wheat, farro

Definitions

  1. emmer wheat, farro

Ancestry of “emmervehnä”, step by step

emmervehnä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vehnä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvehnäwheat
2Proto-Finnicvehnäwheat
3Proto-Finno-Permicwešnä—

via Finnish Emmer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishEmmer—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wešnä →Every word from Proto-Finnic vehnä →Every word from Finnish vehnä →