Where does “käyräsara” come from?

käyräsara (Finnish) comes from Finnish käyrä, from Proto-Finnic käkrä, from Proto-Germanic hagrō.

käyräsara (Finnish): Carex maritima

Definitions

  1. Carex maritima

Ancestry of “käyräsara”, step by step

käyräsara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäyräcrooked; curve; plot, graph, diagram
2Proto-Finnickäkräbent, crooked
3Proto-Germanichagrō—

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Germanic hagrō →Every word from Proto-Finnic käkrä →Every word from Finnish käyrä →