Where does “hiippasammal” come from?

hiippasammal (Finnish) comes from Finnish sammal, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sammal.

hiippasammal (Finnish): any moss of the genus Orthotrichum; the genus Orthotrichum

Definitions

  1. any moss of the genus Orthotrichum; the genus Orthotrichum

Ancestry of “hiippasammal”, step by step

hiippasammal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sammal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammalbryophyte; moss
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sammal—

via Finnish hiippa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiippamitre
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sammal →Every word from Finnish sammal →
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