Where does “kukkasrahasto” come from?

kukkasrahasto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kukkanen, 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-.

kukkasrahasto (Finnish): A type of charity fund that makes its money by selling congratulation and condolence cards, often with pictures of flowers on them

Definitions

  1. A type of charity fund that makes its money by selling congratulation and condolence cards, often with pictures of flowers on them

Ancestry of “kukkasrahasto”, step by step

kukkasrahasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kukkanen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkukkanenflower
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 rahasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrahastofund; war chest
2Finnishrahamoney; money, cash; money, wealth
3Proto-Finnicrahasquirrel pelt; money
4Proto-Germanicskrahōdry animal skin
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →