Where does “ginsengjuuri” come from?

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

ginsengjuuri (Finnish): ginseng, ginseng root

Definitions

  1. ginseng, ginseng root

Ancestry of “ginsengjuuri”, step by step

ginsengjuuri 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 ginseng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishginsengginseng plant
2EnglishginsengAny plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties
3Mandarin人参—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jure →Every word from Proto-Finnic juuri →Every word from Finnish juuri →