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Where does “ruohoselja” come from?

ruohoselja (Finnish) comes from Finnish selja, from Finnish Silja, from Latin Caecilia, from French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin caecilia, from Latin Caecilius, from Latin caeculus.

ruohoselja (Finnish): dwarf elder, danewort, "Sambucus ebulus"

Definitions

  1. dwarf elder, danewort, "Sambucus ebulus"

Ancestry of “ruohoselja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseljaelder
2FinnishSiljaCecilia
3LatinCaecilia—
4FrenchCécile—
5Anglo-NormanCecile—
6LatincaeciliaA kind of lizard; A kind of lettuce
7LatinCaecilius—
8Latincaeculus—
9Latincaecusblind; invisible
10Proto-Italickaikosblind
11Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos →