Where does “rikkaruoho” come from?

rikkaruoho (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoho, from Proto-Finnic rooho, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

rikkaruoho (Finnish): weed

Definitions

  1. weed

Ancestry of “rikkaruoho”, step by step

rikkaruoho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruohograss mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen
2Proto-Finnicroohograss
3Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Finnish rikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikkamote, litter; "short for" rikkakasvi
2Proto-Finnicrikka—

Words derived from “rikkaruoho”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooho →