Where does “isoräpelö” come from?

isoräpelö (Finnish) comes from Finnish räpelö, from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

isoräpelö (Finnish): rattlesnake grass, blowfly grass, greater quaking-grass, Briza maxima

Definitions

  1. rattlesnake grass, blowfly grass, greater quaking-grass, Briza maxima

Ancestry of “isoräpelö”, step by step

isoräpelö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish räpelö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräpelöquaking grass any plant of the genus
2Finnish-löFront vowel variant of -lo
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish iso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisobig; large; great
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →