Where does “tähkähelmikkä” come from?

tähkähelmikkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish helmikkä, from Finnish helmi, from Finnish Vilhelmiina, from German Wilhelmina, from German Wilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.

tähkähelmikkä (Finnish): hairy melic, "Melica ciliata"

Definitions

  1. hairy melic, "Melica ciliata"

Ancestry of “tähkähelmikkä”, step by step

tähkähelmikkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish helmikkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhelmikkämelic, melic grass
2Finnishhelmipearl; bead; gem
3FinnishVilhelmiina—
4GermanWilhelmina—
5GermanWilhelmWilliam
6Old High GermanWillahelmWilliam
7Old High Germanhelmhelmet
8Proto-West Germanichelmhelmet
9Proto-Germanichelmazhelmet
10Proto-Germanichalmazhalm; stem; stalk; straw; hay
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱolh₂mosstalk
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₂-to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab

via Finnish tähkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähkäear; spike
2Proto-Finnictähkäear, the inflorescence of a grain or other grassy...
3Proto-Finno-Permicteškä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱolh₂mos →Every word from Proto-Germanic halmaz →