Where does “ketohanhikki” come from?

ketohanhikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish hanhikki, from Finnish hanhi, from Proto-Finnic hanhi, from Proto-Finnic šanši.

ketohanhikki (Finnish): common silverweed

Definitions

  1. common silverweed

Ancestry of “ketohanhikki”, step by step

ketohanhikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hanhikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhanhikkipotentilla
2Finnishhanhigoose
3Proto-Finnichanhigoose
4Proto-Finnicšanši—

via Finnish keto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishketodry meadow, pasture
2FinnishkesiThe thin outer layer of skin; Third-person...
3Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
4Proto-Uralickeδ́e—
Every word from Proto-Finnic šanši →