Where does “raunioiskasvi” come from?

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

raunioiskasvi (Finnish): spleenwort

Definitions

  1. spleenwort

Ancestry of “raunioiskasvi”, step by step

raunioiskasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raunioinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraunioinenruiny, with many ruins
2Finnishraunioruin
3Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
4Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
6Proto-Uralic-w

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -wEvery word from Finnish -oEvery word from Proto-Finnic -o
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