Where does “ruohonkarvainen” come from?

ruohonkarvainen (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.

ruohonkarvainen (Finnish): green, greenish

Definitions

  1. green, greenish

Ancestry of “ruohonkarvainen”, step by step

ruohonkarvainen 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 karvainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvainenhairy, furry, hirsute
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooho →
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