Where does “rakkolevä” come from?

rakkolevä (Finnish) comes from Finnish rakko, from Proto-Finnic rakko — bladder; blister.

rakkolevä (Finnish): bladderwrack, "Fucus vesiculosus"

Definitions

  1. bladderwrack, "Fucus vesiculosus"

Ancestry of “rakkolevä”, step by step

rakkolevä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakkobladder; blister; vesicle
2Proto-Finnicrakkobladder; blister

via Finnish levä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleväalga; seaweed
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