Where does “pohjanrölli” come from?

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

pohjanrölli (Finnish): Agrostis mertensii; northern bent grass, Arctic bent

Definitions

  1. Agrostis mertensii; northern bent grass, Arctic bent

Ancestry of “pohjanrölli”, step by step

pohjanrölli 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 rölli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishröllibentgrass, bent grass of the genus
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →
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