Where does “galangajuuri” come from?

galangajuuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish juuri, from Proto-Finnic juuri, from Proto-Finno-Permic jure.

galangajuuri (Finnish): galangal plant of the genus Alpina

Definitions

  1. galangal plant of the genus Alpina

Ancestry of “galangajuuri”, step by step

galangajuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure—

via Finnish galanga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgalangagalangal
2Italiangalangagalangal
3Arabicقَالَنْجَان—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jure →Every word from Proto-Finnic juuri →Every word from Finnish juuri →