Where does “haarova” come from?
haarova (Finnish) comes from Finnish haaroa, from Finnish -öä, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.
haarova (Finnish): branchy
Ancestry of “haarova”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haaroa | To grow branches; to branch |
| 2 | Finnish | -öä | Front vowel variant of -oa |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -odak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w- | — |