Where does “suojakasvi” come from?
suojakasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish suoja, from Proto-Finnic sooja, from Russian со́я, from Dutch soja, from Japanese そい, from Japanese 醤油, from Middle Chinese 醬油, from Middle Chinese 醬 — bean paste.
suojakasvi (Finnish): a plant planted to protect (a place, etc.) from something, such as from wind
Definitions
- a plant planted to protect (a place, etc.) from something, such as from wind
Ancestry of “suojakasvi”, step by step
suojakasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.