Where does “kaarililja” come from?
kaarililja (Finnish) comes from Finnish Lilja, from Old Swedish lilia, from Old Norse lilja, from Latin līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον, from Fayyumic Coptic ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ, from Demotic ḥrry, from Egyptian ḥrrt — flower, blossom.
kaarililja (Finnish): fire lily any flower of the genus
Definitions
- fire lily any flower of the genus
Ancestry of “kaarililja”, step by step
kaarililja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.