Where does “savikkakasvi” come from?

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

savikkakasvi (Finnish): goosefoot any plant of the former goosefoot family

Definitions

goosefoot any plant of the former goosefoot family

Ancestry of “savikkakasvi”, step by step

savikkakasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savikka

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	savikka	goosefoot plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, formerly genus
2	Finnish	savi	clay
3	Finnish	-lä	Front vowel variant of -la
4	Finnish	-as	Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5	Proto-Finnic	-s	Forms nouns
6	Proto-Finno-Ugric	-s	—

via Finnish kasvi

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	kasvi	plant
2	Finnish	kasvaa	to grow
3	Proto-Finnic	kasvadak	to grow
4	Proto-Indo-European	h₂ewks-	—

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