Where does “harajuuri” come from?
harajuuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish hara, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
harajuuri (Finnish): early coralroot
Ancestry of “harajuuri”, step by step
harajuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hara | harrow |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish juuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juuri | root; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | juuri | root |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | jure | — |