Where does “karvakko” come from?

karvakko (Finnish) comes from Finnish karva, from Proto-Finnic karva, from Proto-Finnic kawra.

karvakko (Finnish): any plant of the genus Tephroseris

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Tephroseris

Ancestry of “karvakko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvahair; fur; colors, stripes
2Proto-Finnickarvahair; color
3Proto-Finnickawra—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kawra →Every word from Proto-Finnic karva →Every word from Finnish karva →