Where does “paakkutaimi” come from?

paakkutaimi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Taimi, from Finnish taimi, from Proto-Finnic taimi — young plant; seedling.

paakkutaimi (Finnish): A sapling with a rootball

Definitions

  1. A sapling with a rootball

Ancestry of “paakkutaimi”, step by step

paakkutaimi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Taimi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTaimisapling young tree, taller than a seedling
2Finnishtaimisapling; seedling; Third-person singular...
3Proto-Finnictaimiyoung plant; seedling

via Finnish paakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaakkulump; gob; clod
2Proto-Finnicpaakkulump
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