Where does “raunioyrtti” come from?

raunioyrtti (Finnish) comes from Finnish yrtti, from Old Swedish yrt, from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

raunioyrtti (Finnish): comfrey

Definitions

  1. comfrey

Ancestry of “raunioyrtti”, step by step

raunioyrtti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yrtti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyrttiherb
2Old Swedishyrt
3Old Norseurt
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Finnish raunio

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-Indo-European wréh₂dsEvery word from Proto-Germanic wrōtsEvery word from Proto-Germanic wurt-