Where does “kasviskuitu” come from?

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

kasviskuitu (Finnish): vegetable fiber

Definitions

  1. vegetable fiber

Ancestry of “kasviskuitu”, step by step

kasviskuitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvisvegetable; vegetarian
2Finnishkasviplant
3Finnishkasvaato grow
4Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—

via Finnish kuitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuitufiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu
2Proto-Finnickuitu(flax) fibre/fiber
3Proto-Finno-Permickujčɜ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kasvadak →Every word from Finnish kasvaa →