Where does “pikkuvelholehti” come from?

pikkuvelholehti (Finnish) comes from Finnish velholehti, from Finnish velho, from Russian волхв, from Old East Slavic вълхвъ — wizard, mage.

pikkuvelholehti (Finnish): alpine enchanter's nightshade

Definitions

  1. alpine enchanter's nightshade

Ancestry of “pikkuvelholehti”, step by step

pikkuvelholehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish velholehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelholehtienchanter's nightshade plant in the genus
2Finnishvelhowizard
3Russianволхвmagus, mage; a priest
4Old East Slavicвълхвъwizard, mage

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
Every word from Old East Slavic вълхвъ →