Where does “lahnanruoho” come from?

lahnanruoho (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoho, from Proto-Finnic rooho, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

lahnanruoho (Finnish): quillwort

Definitions

  1. quillwort

Ancestry of “lahnanruoho”, step by step

lahnanruoho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruohograss mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen
2Proto-Finnicroohograss
3Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Finnish lahna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlahnacarp bream, bream UK, Abramis brama
2Proto-Finniclahnacarp bream, bream

Words derived from “lahnanruoho”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooho →