Where does “ruohomyyrä” come from?

ruohomyyrä (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.

ruohomyyrä (Finnish): meadow vole vole of the genus

Definitions

  1. meadow vole vole of the genus

Ancestry of “ruohomyyrä”, step by step

ruohomyyrä 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 myyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyyräcricetid; Cricetidae; vole
2Proto-Finnicmükrämole

Words derived from “ruohomyyrä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →