Where does “jauhosavikka” come from?

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

jauhosavikka (Finnish): white goosefoot

Definitions

  1. white goosefoot

Ancestry of “jauhosavikka”, step by step

jauhosavikka traces back through two 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 jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →