Where does “rohtoluppio” come from?

rohtoluppio (Finnish) comes from Finnish rohto, 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.

rohtoluppio (Finnish): great burnet, Sanguisorba officinalis

Definitions

  1. great burnet, Sanguisorba officinalis

Ancestry of “rohtoluppio”, step by step

rohtoluppio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rohto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrohtoa herb used for medical purposes; medicine, drug...
2Finnishruohograss mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen
3Proto-Finnicroohograss
4Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Finnish luppio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluppioburnet plant of the genus
2Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
3Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooho →