Where does “maksaruohokasvi” come from?
maksaruohokasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish maksaruoho, from Finnish ruoho, from Proto-Finnic rooho, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.
maksaruohokasvi (Finnish): any plant in the family Crassulaceae
Definitions
- any plant in the family Crassulaceae
Ancestry of “maksaruohokasvi”, step by step
maksaruohokasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maksaruoho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maksaruoho | stonecrop; any plant of the genus Sedum |
| 2 | Finnish | ruoho | grass mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rooho | grass |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |