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Where does “syysvehnä” come from?

syysvehnä (Finnish) comes from Finnish syys-, from Finnish syys, from Proto-Finnic süksü, from Proto-Uralic sükśe, from French succès, from Middle French succes, from Latin successus, from Latin succēdere.

syysvehnä (Finnish): winter wheat

Definitions

  1. winter wheat

Ancestry of “syysvehnä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyys-autumn, fall; autumnal
2Finnishsyysautumn, fall; Abbreviation of syyskuu
3Proto-Finnicsüksüautumn, fall
4Proto-Uralicsükśeautumn
5Frenchsuccèssuccess; achievement
6Middle Frenchsuccessuccess
7Latinsuccessuscourse, flow , approach, outcome, success;...
8Latinsuccēdere—
9Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
10Proto-Italicsupo—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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