Where does “hentokorte” come from?

hentokorte (Finnish) comes from Finnish hento, from Proto-Finnic hento.

hentokorte (Finnish): dwarf horsetail

Definitions

  1. dwarf horsetail

Ancestry of “hentokorte”, step by step

hentokorte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhentodelicate, fragile
2Proto-Finnichento—

via Finnish korte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkorteAny of the pteridophytic plants in the taxonomic...
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