Where does “latvamätä” come from?

latvamätä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mätä, from Proto-Finnic mätä — pus; rotten.

latvamätä (Finnish): blossom-end rot; a plant disease caused by calcium deficiency

Definitions

  1. blossom-end rot; a plant disease caused by calcium deficiency

Ancestry of “latvamätä”, step by step

latvamätä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mätä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmätärotten; fishy; pus
2Proto-Finnicmätäpus; rotten

via Finnish latva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlatvatreetop; headwaters
2Proto-Finniclatvatreetop
Every word from Proto-Finnic mätä →Every word from Finnish mätä →
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