Where does “sänkiö” come from?

sänkiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish -iö, from Spanish -ijo, from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.

sänkiö (Finnish): any plant of the genus Odontites

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Odontites

Ancestry of “sänkiö”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
2Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
3Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Bantu ì- →Every word from Finnish -iö →Every word from Spanish -ijo →