Where does “kiiltovalkku” come from?
kiiltovalkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish valkku, from Finnish valmentaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
kiiltovalkku (Finnish): bog twayblade, fen orchid, yellow widelip orchid, Liparis loeselii orchid species, the only one in genus Liparis that is native to Europe
Definitions
- bog twayblade, fen orchid, yellow widelip orchid, Liparis loeselii orchid species, the only one in genus Liparis that is native to Europe
Ancestry of “kiiltovalkku”, step by step
kiiltovalkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valkku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valkku | Any orchid of the genus Cephalanthera, some called helleborines in English |
| 2 | Finnish | valmentaja | coach |
| 3 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |