Where does “murattikasvi” come from?

murattikasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish muratti, from Finnish -tti, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

murattikasvi (Finnish): ivy any plant of the genus

Definitions

  1. ivy any plant of the genus

Ancestry of “murattikasvi”, step by step

murattikasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muratti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurattiivy
2Finnish-ttiForms some nouns from verbs, particularly...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →