Where does “ruohonjuuriliike” come from?
ruohonjuuriliike (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruohonjuuri, 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.
ruohonjuuriliike (Finnish): grassroots movement
Definitions
- grassroots movement
Ancestry of “ruohonjuuriliike”, step by step
ruohonjuuriliike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ruohonjuuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruohonjuuri | grass root |
| 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 |