Where does “mangrovepuukasvi” come from?

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

mangrovepuukasvi (Finnish): mangrove plant of the Rhizophoraceae family

Definitions

  1. mangrove plant of the Rhizophoraceae family

Ancestry of “mangrovepuukasvi”, step by step

mangrovepuukasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mangrovepuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmangrovepuumangrove, true mangrove tree of the genus
2Finnishmangrovemangrove all senses
3EnglishmangroveAny of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs...
4Englishmangrow—
5Portuguesemanguemangrove
6Spanishmanglemangrove

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—
Every word from Spanish mangle →Every word from Portuguese mangue →Every word from English mangrow →