Where does “juurtokaisla” come from?

juurtokaisla (Finnish) comes from Finnish juurto, from Finnish juurtaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

juurtokaisla (Finnish): Dutch rush, Scirpus radicans aquatic grass common in Central and Eastern Europe

Definitions

  1. Dutch rush, Scirpus radicans aquatic grass common in Central and Eastern Europe

Ancestry of “juurtokaisla”, step by step

juurtokaisla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juurto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuurto—
2Finnishjuurtaato have its roots in; to take the root
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish kaisla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaislarush, bulrush, club-rush
2Proto-Finnickaisla—
3Proto-Germanicgaisilazstaff, whip
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