Where does “pihajasmike” come from?

pihajasmike (Finnish) comes from Finnish piha, from Proto-Finnic piha — yard.

pihajasmike (Finnish): sweet mock orange, English dogwood, Philadelphus coronarius species of flowering plant used as decorative plant; deciduous shrub growing to 3 m tall, with toothed leaves and bowl-shaped white fragrant flowers with prominent stamens

Definitions

  1. sweet mock orange, English dogwood, Philadelphus coronarius species of flowering plant used as decorative plant; deciduous shrub growing to 3 m tall, with toothed leaves and bowl-shaped white fragrant flowers with prominent stamens

Ancestry of “pihajasmike”, step by step

pihajasmike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihayard; at sea
2Proto-Finnicpihayard

via Finnish jasmike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjasmikemock-orange Philadelphus
Every word from Proto-Finnic piha →Every word from Finnish piha →