Where does “toukokukka” come from?

toukokukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kukka, from Latin Flōra, from Proto-Italic *Flōzā, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

toukokukka (Finnish): cowherb, Vaccaria hispanica

Definitions

  1. cowherb, Vaccaria hispanica

Ancestry of “toukokukka”, step by step

toukokukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkukkaflower; cannabis; weed
2LatinFlōraFlora, the goddess of flowers
3Proto-Italic*Flōzāan Italic flower goddess, Flora
4Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Finnish touko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoukosowing, planting; especially of grain; growing...
2FinnishtoukokuuMay
3FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
4Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
5Proto-Finnickuucisix
6Proto-Uralickutteridge; six
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃- →