Where does “tähkälaventeli” come from?

tähkälaventeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish tähkä, from Proto-Finnic tähkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic teškä.

tähkälaventeli (Finnish): common lavender, true lavender, English lavender, garden lavender, narrow-leaved lavender, Lavandula angustifolia

Definitions

  1. common lavender, true lavender, English lavender, garden lavender, narrow-leaved lavender, Lavandula angustifolia

Ancestry of “tähkälaventeli”, step by step

tähkälaventeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tähkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähkäear; spike
2Proto-Finnictähkäear, the inflorescence of a grain or other grassy...
3Proto-Finno-Permicteškä—

via Finnish laventeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaventelilavender plant of the genus
2Swedishlavendellavender (plant)
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic teškä →Every word from Proto-Finnic tähkä →Every word from Finnish tähkä →