Where does “lovisammal” come from?

lovisammal (Finnish) comes from Finnish lovi, from Proto-Germanic klubô.

lovisammal (Finnish): Any member of Lophozia, a cosmopolitan genus of liverworts

Definitions

  1. Any member of Lophozia, a cosmopolitan genus of liverworts

Ancestry of “lovisammal”, step by step

lovisammal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlovicleft; notch; mortise
2Proto-Germanicklubô—

via Finnish sammal

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

Words derived from “lovisammal”

Every word from Proto-Germanic klubô →Every word from Finnish lovi →