Where does “kevätleinikki” come from?

kevätleinikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kevät, from Proto-Finnic kevät, from Proto-Uralic keŋä — spring.

kevätleinikki (Finnish): goldilocks buttercup, Ranunculus auricomus

Definitions

  1. goldilocks buttercup, Ranunculus auricomus

Ancestry of “kevätleinikki”, step by step

kevätleinikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kevät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevätspring, springtime
2Proto-Finnickevätspring
3Proto-Uralickeŋäspring

via Finnish leinikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleinikkibuttercup
2Finnish-kkiCreates action nouns from verbs; Creates...
3Proto-Finnic-kkei—
Every word from Proto-Uralic keŋä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kevät →Every word from Finnish kevät →