Where does “käärmeenkielikasvi” come from?

käärmeenkielikasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish käärmeenkieli, from Finnish käärme, from Proto-Finnic kärmeh, from Proto-Finnic kärmeš, from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis, from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis — worm.

käärmeenkielikasvi (Finnish): adder's tongue any of several ferns in the genus Ophioglossum

Definitions

  1. adder's tongue any of several ferns in the genus Ophioglossum

Ancestry of “käärmeenkielikasvi”, step by step

käärmeenkielikasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käärmeenkieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäärmeenkieliadder's tongue, Ophioglossum vulgatum
2Finnishkäärmesnake
3Proto-Finnickärmehsnake
4Proto-Finnickärmeš—
5Proto-Balto-Slavickr̥misworm
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷŕ̥mis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic kr̥mis →Every word from Proto-Finnic kärmeš →