Where does “seinäkukkanen” come from?

seinäkukkanen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kukkanen, from Finnish kukka, from Latin Flōra, from Proto-Italic *Flōzā, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

seinäkukkanen (Finnish): wallflower

Definitions

  1. wallflower

Ancestry of “seinäkukkanen”, step by step

seinäkukkanen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kukkanen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkukkanenflower
2Finnishkukkaflower; cannabis; weed
3LatinFlōraFlora, the goddess of flowers
4Proto-Italic*Flōzāan Italic flower goddess, Flora
5Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Finnish seinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseinäwall; mains; Essive singular form of sei
2Proto-Finnicsainawall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →