Where does “grönlanninvalas” come from?

grönlanninvalas (Finnish) comes from Finnish Grönlanti, from Old Norse Grœnland, from Old Norse grœnn, from Proto-Germanic grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

grönlanninvalas (Finnish): bowhead whale, bowhead, "Balaena mysticetus"

Definitions

  1. bowhead whale, bowhead, "Balaena mysticetus"

Ancestry of “grönlanninvalas”, step by step

grönlanninvalas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Grönlanti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishGrönlantiof Greenland; Greenland
2Old NorseGrœnlandGreenland
3Old Norsegrœnngreen, fresh; good, fit
4Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Finnish valas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalaswhale
2Proto-Samicfālēswhale
3Proto-Germanichwalazwhale, sheatfish
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōniz →Every word from Old Norse grœnn →