Where does “käärmeenyrtti” come from?

käärmeenyrtti (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.

käärmeenyrtti (Finnish): snakeplant

Definitions

  1. snakeplant

Ancestry of “käärmeenyrtti”, step by step

käärmeenyrtti 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 käärme

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