Where does “mäkiorvokki” come from?

mäkiorvokki (Finnish) comes from Finnish orvokki, from Finnish orpo, from Latin Urbānus, from Latin urbs, from Proto-Italic worβis, from Proto-Indo-European werbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European werb-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

mäkiorvokki (Finnish): Viola collina

Definitions

  1. Viola collina

Ancestry of “mäkiorvokki”, step by step

mäkiorvokki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish orvokki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishorvokkiviolet; pansy
2Finnishorpoorphan; orphan, orphaned; lonely
3LatinUrbānusof or belonging to a city; urban
4Latinurbsa city, walled town; the City, Rome
5Proto-Italicworβiscity
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerbʰ-to enclose
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerb-to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Finnish Mäki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werb- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werbʰ- →