Where does “hemlokki” come from?

hemlokki (Finnish) comes from English hemlock, from Middle English hemlok, from Old English hymlīc, from Old English hymele, from Proto-Germanic humalaz.

hemlokki (Finnish): hemlock any of several coniferous trees of the genus

Definitions

  1. hemlock any of several coniferous trees of the genus

Ancestry of “hemlokki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhemlockAny of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the...
2Middle Englishhemlokhemlock
3Old Englishhymlīchemlock
4Old Englishhymelehops, "Humulus lupulus"
5Proto-Germanichumalaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic humalaz →Every word from Old English hymele →Every word from Old English hymlīc →