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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvalkkuAny orchid of the genus Cephalanthera, some called helleborines in English
2Finnishvalmentajacoach
3Finnishice
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
5Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
6Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
7Proto-Germanic-hwe
8Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish kiilto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiiltoglint, gleam, shine; lustre
2FinnishFront vowel variant of -o
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe
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