Where does “karvasfenkoli” come from?

karvasfenkoli (Finnish) comes from Finnish karvas, from Proto-Finnic karvas, from Proto-Germanic harwaz.

karvasfenkoli (Finnish): bitter fennel, Foeniculum vulgare var. vulgare variety of fennel grown chiefly for its bitter-sweet seeds that are used in medicine

Definitions

  1. bitter fennel, Foeniculum vulgare var. vulgare variety of fennel grown chiefly for its bitter-sweet seeds that are used in medicine

Ancestry of “karvasfenkoli”, step by step

karvasfenkoli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvasbitter; a type of boat used to drag a seine
2Proto-Finnickarvasbitter
3Proto-Germanicharwaz—

via Finnish fenkoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfenkolifennel
2Swedishfänkålfennel
Every word from Proto-Germanic harwaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic karvas →Every word from Finnish karvas →