Where does “ruohotukko” come from?

ruohotukko (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.

ruohotukko (Finnish): bunch of grass

Definitions

  1. bunch of grass

Ancestry of “ruohotukko”, step by step

ruohotukko 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 tukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtukkotuft; clog, obstruction, block
2Finnishtukkiato block, to bar, to obstruct; to clog; "tukkia...
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