Where does “huumekasvi” come from?

huumekasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvi, from Finnish kasvaa, from Proto-Finnic kasvadak, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-.

huumekasvi (Finnish): drug crop, drug plant, narcotic crop, narcotic plant

Definitions

  1. drug crop, drug plant, narcotic crop, narcotic plant

Ancestry of “huumekasvi”, step by step

huumekasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—

via Finnish huume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuumedrug, narcotic
2Finnishhuumatato stun, daze; to drug, dope, intoxicate, turn...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kasvadak →Every word from Finnish kasvaa →