Where does “mäkihorsma” come from?
mäkihorsma (Finnish) comes from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
mäkihorsma (Finnish): a plant in the willowherb family
Definitions
- a plant in the willowherb family
Ancestry of “mäkihorsma”, step by step
mäkihorsma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Mäki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Mäki | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish horsma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | horsma | One of several plants of the genus "Epilobium";... |