Where does “suolukka” come from?

suolukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish suola, from Proto-Finnic soola, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂ls — salt.

suolukka (Finnish): smotherweed plant in the genus

Definitions

  1. smotherweed plant in the genus

Ancestry of “suolukka”, step by step

suolukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuolasalt; saline; salted
2Proto-Finnicsoolasalt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂lssalt

via Finnish ukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishukka—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂ls →Every word from Proto-Finnic soola →Every word from Finnish suola →