Where does “ruohomätäs” come from?

ruohomätäs (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.

ruohomätäs (Finnish): tuft or tussock of grass

Definitions

  1. tuft or tussock of grass

Ancestry of “ruohomätäs”, step by step

ruohomätäs 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 mätäs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmätäsA tussock; Second-person singular imperative...
2Proto-Finnicmät'ästussock
3Proto-Uralicmäktetussock
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooho →