Where does “ruohonjuuri” come from?

ruohonjuuri (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.

ruohonjuuri (Finnish): grass root

Definitions

  1. grass root

Ancestry of “ruohonjuuri”, step by step

ruohonjuuri 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 juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure—

Words derived from “ruohonjuuri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →