Where does “käärmeenpistonyrtti” come from?

käärmeenpistonyrtti (Finnish) comes from Finnish yrtti, from Old Swedish yrt, from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

käärmeenpistonyrtti (Finnish): white swallow-wort

Definitions

  1. white swallow-wort

Ancestry of “käärmeenpistonyrtti”, step by step

käärmeenpistonyrtti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yrtti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyrttiherb
2Old Swedishyrt—
3Old Norseurt—
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Finnish käärmeenpisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäärmeenpistosnakebite
2Finnishkäärmesnake
3Proto-Finnickärmehsnake
4Proto-Finnickärmeš—
5Proto-Balto-Slavickr̥misworm
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷŕ̥misworm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →