Where does “savikka” come from?

savikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish savi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

savikka (Finnish): goosefoot plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, formerly genus

Definitions

  1. goosefoot plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, formerly genus

Ancestry of “savikka”, step by step

savikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaviclay
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish ikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikka—

Words derived from “savikka”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →