Where does “töyhtöangervo” come from?

töyhtöangervo (Finnish) comes from Finnish angervo — a plant of the genus "Filipendula".

töyhtöangervo (Finnish): goat's beard

Definitions

  1. goat's beard

Ancestry of “töyhtöangervo”, step by step

töyhtöangervo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish angervo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishangervoa plant of the genus "Filipendula"

via Finnish töyhtö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtöyhtöcrest, tuft; plume
Every word from Finnish angervo