Where does “purasruoho” come from?

purasruoho (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoho, from Proto-Finnic rooho, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

purasruoho (Finnish): borage

Definitions

  1. borage

Ancestry of “purasruoho”, step by step

purasruoho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruohograss mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen
2Proto-Finnicroohograss
3Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Finnish puras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurasborax
2FinnishpuraSynonym of purasin; Indicative present...
3Proto-Finnicpuradrill
4Proto-Uralicpura-to drill, to bore
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooho →
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