Where does “pohjanleinikki” come from?

pohjanleinikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

pohjanleinikki (Finnish): arctic buttercup, Ranunculus hyperboreus

Definitions

  1. arctic buttercup, Ranunculus hyperboreus

Ancestry of “pohjanleinikki”, step by step

pohjanleinikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish leinikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleinikkibuttercup
2Finnish-kkiCreates action nouns from verbs; Creates...
3Proto-Finnic-kkei—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →
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