Where does “lituruoho” come from?

lituruoho (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.

lituruoho (Finnish): thale cress

Definitions

  1. thale cress

Ancestry of “lituruoho”, step by step

lituruoho 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 litu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlitusilique, siliqua long – length more than twice the width – fruit of a cruciferous plant
2Finnishlitistääto flatten press or squeeze into a flat shape
3Finnishlitteäflat
4Finnish-eäFront vowel variant of -ea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooho →