Where does “piennarkasvi” come from?

piennarkasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvi, from Finnish kasvaa, from Proto-Finnic kasvadak, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-.

piennarkasvi (Finnish): roadside plant

Definitions

  1. roadside plant

Ancestry of “piennarkasvi”, step by step

piennarkasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-

via Finnish piennar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpiennarA strip of land at the margin of some land forms
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-Every word from Proto-Finnic kasvadakEvery word from Finnish kasvaa