Where does “kukkaistervehdys” come from?

kukkaistervehdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kukkainen, from Finnish kukka, from Latin Flōra, from Proto-Italic *Flōzā, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

kukkaistervehdys (Finnish): floral greeting, flowery greeting

Definitions

  1. floral greeting, flowery greeting

Ancestry of “kukkaistervehdys”, step by step

kukkaistervehdys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kukkainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkukkainenflowery
2Finnishkukkaflower; cannabis; weed
3LatinFlōraFlora, the goddess of flowers
4Proto-Italic*Flōzāan Italic flower goddess, Flora
5Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Finnish tervehdys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtervehdysgreeting
2Finnishtervehtiäto greet; to salute; to give the time of day, to...
3Finnishtervehealthy, sane; healthy, sound; sound, well
4Proto-Finnictervehhealthy, well; solid, whole
5Proto-Finnic-ehForms nominals
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →