Where does “röllinurmikka” come from?

röllinurmikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish nurmikka, from Finnish Nurmi, from Finnish nurmi, from Proto-Finnic nurmi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ńurme.

röllinurmikka (Finnish): love grass any plant of the genus

Definitions

  1. love grass any plant of the genus

Ancestry of “röllinurmikka”, step by step

röllinurmikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nurmikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnurmikkaA plant of the genus Poa
2FinnishNurmiAny of a number of small places in Finland and Karelia
3Finnishnurmilawn, grass
4Proto-Finnicnurmifield, meadow
5Proto-Finno-Ugricńurme—

via Finnish rölli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishröllibentgrass, bent grass of the genus
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ńurme →Every word from Proto-Finnic nurmi →Every word from Finnish nurmi →