Where does “tahmikki” come from?

tahmikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish tahmea, from Finnish tahma — gunk, goo.

tahmikki (Finnish): any plant of the genus Collomia

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Collomia

Ancestry of “tahmikki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtahmeasticky, gooey, tacky
2Finnishtahmagunk, goo
Every word from Finnish tahma →Every word from Finnish tahmea →