Where does “rehevyys” come from?

rehevyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish rehevä, from Finnish rehu, from Proto-Finnic rehu — grass.

rehevyys (Finnish): lushness; The amount of eutrophication

Definitions

  1. lushness; The amount of eutrophication

Ancestry of “rehevyys”, step by step

rehevyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rehevä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrehevälush, exuberant, luxuriant; eutrophic; buxom
2Finnishrehufodder, animal feed
3Proto-Finnicrehugrass

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic rehu →Every word from Finnish rehu →Every word from Finnish rehevä →