Where does “kirjorevonhäntä” come from?

kirjorevonhäntä (Finnish) comes from Finnish revonhäntä, from Finnish häntä, from Proto-Finnic häntä, from Proto-Uralic čänčä.

kirjorevonhäntä (Finnish): edible amaranth, Amaranthus tricolor

Definitions

  1. edible amaranth, Amaranthus tricolor

Ancestry of “kirjorevonhäntä”, step by step

kirjorevonhäntä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish revonhäntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrevonhäntäamaranth plant of the genus
2Finnishhäntäa narrow tail; ogonek; Partitive form of hän
3Proto-Finnichäntätail
4Proto-Uralicčänčä—

via Finnish kirjo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjospectrum; as a modifier in a compound term...
2Proto-Finnickirjoivariegated, mottled, spotted
3Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
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