Where does “laakajäkälä” come from?

laakajäkälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäkälä, from Proto-Finnic jäkälä, from Proto-Finno-Permic jäkä-.

laakajäkälä (Finnish): any lichen in the family Physciaceae

Definitions

  1. any lichen in the family Physciaceae

Ancestry of “laakajäkälä”, step by step

laakajäkälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäkälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäkälälichen
2Proto-Finnicjäkälälichen
3Proto-Finno-Permicjäkä-—

via Finnish laaka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaakahorizontal, flat; horizontal hit, line drive
2Proto-Finniclaakalow
3Proto-Norselāgaʀ—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jäkä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic jäkälä →Every word from Finnish jäkälä →
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