Where does “lumovalkku” come from?
lumovalkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish valkku, from Finnish valmentaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
lumovalkku (Finnish): Any orchid of the genus Cephalanthera, some of them called helleborine in English
Definitions
- Any orchid of the genus Cephalanthera, some of them called helleborine in English
Ancestry of “lumovalkku”, step by step
lumovalkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valkku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valkku | Any orchid of the genus Cephalanthera, some called helleborines in English |
| 2 | Finnish | valmentaja | coach |
| 3 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |