Where does “lakritsirousku” come from?

lakritsirousku (Finnish) comes from Finnish lakritsi, from Swedish lakrits, from Late Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα, from Ancient Greek γλυκύς, from Proto-Hellenic *dlukús.

lakritsirousku (Finnish): A milk-cap, "Lactarius helvus"

Definitions

  1. A milk-cap, "Lactarius helvus"

Ancestry of “lakritsirousku”, step by step

lakritsirousku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lakritsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlakritsilicorice, liquorice
2Swedishlakritslicorice/liquorice
3Late Latinliquiritia
4Ancient Greekγλυκύρριζαlicorice
5Ancient Greekγλυκύςsweet
6Proto-Hellenic*dlukús

via Finnish rousku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrouskuA milk-cap
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dlukúsEvery word from Ancient Greek γλυκύςEvery word from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα