Where does “suikerosammal” come from?

suikerosammal (Finnish) comes from Finnish suikero, from Finnish ero, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

suikerosammal (Finnish): feather-moss

Definitions

  1. feather-moss

Ancestry of “suikerosammal”, step by step

suikerosammal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suikero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuikerolong, curved thing
2Finnisherodifference, distinction; Short for avioero;...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish sammal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammalbryophyte; moss
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sammal—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →