Where does “naavajäkälä” come from?

naavajäkälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäkälä, from Proto-Finnic jäkälä, from Proto-Finno-Permic jäkä-.

naavajäkälä (Finnish): any lichen of the family Usneaceae

Definitions

  1. any lichen of the family Usneaceae

Ancestry of “naavajäkälä”, step by step

naavajäkälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäkälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäkälälichen
2Proto-Finnicjäkälälichen
3Proto-Finno-Permicjäkä-—

via Finnish naava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaavabeard moss, beard lichen, old man's beard
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic jäkä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic jäkälä →Every word from Finnish jäkälä →