Where does “torvijäkälä” come from?

torvijäkälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish torvi, from Proto-Finnic torvi, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

torvijäkälä (Finnish): cup lichen

Definitions

  1. cup lichen

Ancestry of “torvijäkälä”, step by step

torvijäkälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish torvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorvihorn; tube or pipe, especially one that widens in...
2Proto-Finnictorvihorn; tube, pipe
3Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

via Finnish jäkälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäkälälichen
2Proto-Finnicjäkälälichen
3Proto-Finno-Permicjäkä-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Finnic torvi →Every word from Finnish torvi →