Where does “marjasavikka” come from?

marjasavikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish Marja, from Finnish Maria, from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρία, from Hebrew מִרְיָם, from Aramaic מרים, from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם.

marjasavikka (Finnish): leafy goosefoot, Blitum virgatum plant in the amaranth family formerly used as leaf vegetable

Definitions

  1. leafy goosefoot, Blitum virgatum plant in the amaranth family formerly used as leaf vegetable

Ancestry of “marjasavikka”, step by step

marjasavikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Marja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMarjaberry small succulent fruit
2FinnishMariaMary, mother of Jesus Christ
3LatinMarīaMary mother of Jesus
4Ancient GreekΜαρίαMary, Maria
5Hebrewמִרְיָם
6Aramaicמריםbitter
7Biblical Hebrewמִרְיָם

via Finnish savikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsavikkagoosefoot plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, formerly genus
2Finnishsaviclay
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s
Every word from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָםEvery word from Hebrew מִרְיָםEvery word from Aramaic מרים