Where does “pohjansorsimo” come from?

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

pohjansorsimo (Finnish): pendant grass

Definitions

  1. pendant grass

Ancestry of “pohjansorsimo”, step by step

pohjansorsimo 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 sorsimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsorsimomannagrass any plant of the genus
2FinnishSorsaduck bird of the
3Proto-Finnicsorsaduck, mallard
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →Every word from Proto-Finnic pohja →Every word from Finnish pohja →