Where does “juolavehnä” come from?

juolavehnä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vehnä, from Proto-Finnic vehnä, from Proto-Finno-Permic wešnä.

juolavehnä (Finnish): couch grass, "Elymus repens"

Definitions

  1. couch grass, "Elymus repens"

Ancestry of “juolavehnä”, step by step

juolavehnä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vehnä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvehnäwheat
2Proto-Finnicvehnäwheat
3Proto-Finno-Permicwešnä—

via Finnish juola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuola—

Words derived from “juolavehnä”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wešnä →Every word from Proto-Finnic vehnä →Every word from Finnish vehnä →