Where does “kasvipaleontologi” come from?

kasvipaleontologi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvi, from Finnish kasvaa, from Proto-Finnic kasvadak, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-.

kasvipaleontologi (Finnish): plant paleontologist

Definitions

  1. plant paleontologist

Ancestry of “kasvipaleontologi”, step by step

kasvipaleontologi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—

via Finnish paleontologi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaleontologipaleontologist
2Finnishpaleonto-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kasvadak →Every word from Finnish kasvaa →