Where does “hopeasalava” come from?

hopeasalava (Finnish) comes from Finnish hopea, from Proto-Finnic hopeda, from Proto-Germanic samftijaz.

hopeasalava (Finnish): silver willow, Salix alba var. sericea subspecies of white willow

Definitions

  1. silver willow, Salix alba var. sericea subspecies of white willow

Ancestry of “hopeasalava”, step by step

hopeasalava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hopea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeasilver
2Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
3Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—

via Finnish salava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalavacrack willow
2Proto-Germanicsalhôwillow, sallow
3Indo-European*sl̥H-ik-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic samftijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hopeda →Every word from Finnish hopea →