Where does “lahosammal” come from?

lahosammal (Finnish) comes from Finnish sammal, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sammal.

lahosammal (Finnish): pellucid four-tooth-moss, Tetraphis pellucida species of moss that grows on rotten stumps and logs throughout the northern hemisphere

Definitions

  1. pellucid four-tooth-moss, Tetraphis pellucida species of moss that grows on rotten stumps and logs throughout the northern hemisphere

Ancestry of “lahosammal”, step by step

lahosammal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sammal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammalbryophyte; moss
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sammal

via Finnish laho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlahorotten; rotten wood, especially a rotten section...
2Proto-Finniclahoof tree/wood rotten
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sammalEvery word from Finnish sammal
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