Where does “poimukki” come from?

poimukki (Finnish) comes from Finnish poimu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

poimukki (Finnish): any plant of the genus Aphanes

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Aphanes

Ancestry of “poimukki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoimufold, warp, crease, wrinkle, ruga
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish poimu →