Where does “rohtopähkämö” come from?
rohtopähkämö (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.
rohtopähkämö (Finnish): purple betony, Betonica officinalis syn. Stachys officinalis
Definitions
- purple betony, Betonica officinalis syn. Stachys officinalis
Ancestry of “rohtopähkämö”, step by step
rohtopähkämö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rohto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rohto | a herb used for medical purposes; medicine, drug... |
| 2 | Finnish | ruoho | grass mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rooho | grass |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |
via Finnish pähkämö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pähkämö | any plant of the genus Stachys; known by multiple common names in English including hedgenettle, heal-all, self-heal, woundwort, betony, and lamb's ears |
| 2 | Finnish | pahka | burl US, bur, burr, gnarl tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pahka | burl, burr, gnarl |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pakša | — |