Where does “mahonkikasvi” come from?

mahonkikasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish mahonki, from Swedish mahogny, from English mahogany, from Spanish mahogani, from Island Carib maga — mahogany.

mahonkikasvi (Finnish): Any plant in the family Meliaceae, the mahogany family

Definitions

  1. Any plant in the family Meliaceae, the mahogany family

Ancestry of “mahonkikasvi”, step by step

mahonkikasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mahonki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahonkimahogany
2Swedishmahognymahogany
3EnglishmahoganyAny of various tropical American evergreen trees,...
4Spanishmahoganimahogany
5Island Caribmagamahogany

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—
Every word from Island Carib maga →Every word from Spanish mahogani →Every word from English mahogany →