Where does “poronjäkälä” come from?

poronjäkälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish poro, from Proto-Finno-Permic počaw, from Proto-Indo-Iranian páću, from Proto-Indo-European péḱu, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

poronjäkälä (Finnish): A lichen of the Cladina morphotype within the genus Cladonia, especially the reindeer lichen or reindeer moss

Definitions

  1. A lichen of the Cladina morphotype within the genus Cladonia, especially the reindeer lichen or reindeer moss

Ancestry of “poronjäkälä”, step by step

poronjäkälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishporoA semi-domesticated reindeer of the subspecies...
2Proto-Finno-Permicpočaw—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianpáćulivestock, animal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

via Finnish jäkälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäkälälichen
2Proto-Finnicjäkälälichen
3Proto-Finno-Permicjäkä-—

Words derived from “poronjäkälä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European péḱu →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian páću →