Where does “liekokasvi” come from?

liekokasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvi, from Finnish kasvaa, from Proto-Finnic kasvadak, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-.

liekokasvi (Finnish): club moss any of the species in the taxonomic family Lycopodiaceae

Definitions

  1. club moss any of the species in the taxonomic family Lycopodiaceae

Ancestry of “liekokasvi”, step by step

liekokasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—

via Finnish lieko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishliekoAny plant in the family Lycopodiaceae, a club...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kasvadak →Every word from Finnish kasvaa →