Where does “pölkkyruoho” come from?

pölkkyruoho (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoho, from Proto-Finnic rooho, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

pölkkyruoho (Finnish): tower rockcress

Definitions

  1. tower rockcress

Ancestry of “pölkkyruoho”, step by step

pölkkyruoho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruohograss mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen
2Proto-Finnicroohograss
3Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Finnish pölkky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölkkylog, stock, block of wood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic grasąEvery word from Proto-Finnic rooho