Where does “kähäräpersilja” come from?

kähäräpersilja (Finnish) comes from Finnish persilja, from Swedish persilja, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος, from Ancient Greek πέτρος — rock, stone, boulder; type of reed.

kähäräpersilja (Finnish): curly parsley

Definitions

  1. curly parsley

Ancestry of “kähäräpersilja”, step by step

kähäräpersilja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish persilja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpersiljaparsley, "Petroselinum crispum"; parsley
2Swedishpersiljaparsley
3Ancient Greekπετροσέλινονparsley
4Ancient GreekΠέτροςPeter
5Ancient Greekπέτροςrock, stone, boulder; type of reed

via Finnish kähärä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkähäräcurled, fuzzed
Every word from Ancient Greek πέτροςEvery word from Ancient Greek ΠέτροςEvery word from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον