Where does “suokasvi” come from?

suokasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish suo, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

suokasvi (Finnish): bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant

Definitions

  1. bog plant, marsh plant, swamp plant

Ancestry of “suokasvi”, step by step

suokasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuoswamp, bog, marsh, mire; Third-person singular...
2FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish Mäki →