Where does “mangrovekasvi” come from?

mangrovekasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish mangrove, from English mangrove, from English mangrow, from Portuguese mangue, from Spanish mangle — mangrove.

mangrovekasvi (Finnish): mangrove, mangrove plant tropical or subtropical plant that grows in coastal saline or brackish water

Definitions

  1. mangrove, mangrove plant tropical or subtropical plant that grows in coastal saline or brackish water

Ancestry of “mangrovekasvi”, step by step

mangrovekasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mangrove

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmangrovemangrove all senses
2EnglishmangroveAny of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs...
3Englishmangrow
4Portuguesemanguemangrove
5Spanishmanglemangrove

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-
Every word from Spanish mangleEvery word from Portuguese mangueEvery word from English mangrow
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