Where does “hyvänheikinsavikka” come from?

hyvänheikinsavikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish savikka, from Finnish savi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

hyvänheikinsavikka (Finnish): Good King Henry, Lincolnshire spinach, English mercury, poor man's asparagus (Blitum bonus-henricus, formerly Chenopodium bonus-henricus) plant in the goosefoot family used as a leaf vegetable

Definitions

  1. Good King Henry, Lincolnshire spinach, English mercury, poor man's asparagus (Blitum bonus-henricus, formerly Chenopodium bonus-henricus) plant in the goosefoot family used as a leaf vegetable

Ancestry of “hyvänheikinsavikka”, step by step

hyvänheikinsavikka traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavikkagoosefoot plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, formerly genus
2Finnishsaviclay
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish Heikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishHeikkiHenry
2FinnishHenrikHenry
3Old SwedishHenrik—

via Finnish hyvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyvägood; desirable, advisable
2Proto-Finnic*hüvä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →