Where does “suomyrtti” come from?
suomyrtti (Finnish) comes from Finnish suo, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
suomyrtti (Finnish): gale, sweet gale, bog myrtle
Definitions
- gale, sweet gale, bog myrtle
Ancestry of “suomyrtti”, step by step
suomyrtti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suo | swamp, bog, marsh, mire; Third-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | Mäki | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 3 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 4 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish myrtti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | myrtti | myrtle |
| 2 | Swedish | myrten | myrtle evergreen shrub |
| 3 | French | myrte | myrtle |
| 4 | Latin | Myrtus | myrtle |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Μύρτος | myrtle (Myrtus communis) |
| 6 | Semitic | m-r-r | — |