Where does “kohokkikasvi” come from?

kohokkikasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvi, from Finnish kasvaa, from Proto-Finnic kasvadak, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-.

kohokkikasvi (Finnish): any plant of the family Caryophyllaceae

Definitions

  1. any plant of the family Caryophyllaceae

Ancestry of “kohokkikasvi”, step by step

kohokkikasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—

via Finnish kohokki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohokkiany plant of the genus Silene
2Finnish-kkiCreates action nouns from verbs; Creates...
3Proto-Finnic-kkei—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kasvadak →Every word from Finnish kasvaa →