Where does “raunikki” come from?

raunikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish raunio, from Finnish -io, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

raunikki (Finnish): baby's breath

Definitions

  1. baby's breath

Ancestry of “raunikki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraunioruin
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →
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