Where does “nurmitähkiö” come from?

nurmitähkiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish Nurmi, from Finnish nurmi, from Proto-Finnic nurmi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ńurme.

nurmitähkiö (Finnish): catstail, common cat's tail, timothy, timothy grass, Phleum pratense abundant. widely cultivated perennial grass native to most of Europe except for the Mediterranean region

Definitions

  1. catstail, common cat's tail, timothy, timothy grass, Phleum pratense abundant. widely cultivated perennial grass native to most of Europe except for the Mediterranean region

Ancestry of “nurmitähkiö”, step by step

nurmitähkiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Nurmi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishNurmiAny of a number of small places in Finland and Karelia
2Finnishnurmilawn, grass
3Proto-Finnicnurmifield, meadow
4Proto-Finno-Ugricńurme—

via Finnish tähkiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähkiöcatstail
2Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
3Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ńurme →Every word from Proto-Finnic nurmi →Every word from Finnish nurmi →