Where does “hirvenjäkälä” come from?

hirvenjäkälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hirvi, from Proto-Finnic hirvi, from Proto-Finnic širwe.

hirvenjäkälä (Finnish): any lichen of the genus Cetraria

Definitions

  1. any lichen of the genus Cetraria

Ancestry of “hirvenjäkälä”, step by step

hirvenjäkälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hirvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhirvielk, moose; any large deer, such as an elk, moose...
2Proto-Finnichirvielk, moose
3Proto-Finnicširwe—

via Finnish jäkälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäkälälichen
2Proto-Finnicjäkälälichen
3Proto-Finno-Permicjäkä-—

Words derived from “hirvenjäkälä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic širwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic hirvi →Every word from Finnish hirvi →