Where does “tinajäkälä” come from?

tinajäkälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tina, from Proto-Finnic tina, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

tinajäkälä (Finnish): any lichen of the genus Stereocaulon

Definitions

  1. any lichen of the genus Stereocaulon

Ancestry of “tinajäkälä”, step by step

tinajäkälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtinatin; pewter
2Proto-Finnictinatin
3Proto-Germanictinątin
4Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

via Finnish jäkälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäkälälichen
2Proto-Finnicjäkälälichen
3Proto-Finno-Permicjäkä-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Proto-Finnic tina →