Where does “tuomipihlaja” come from?
tuomipihlaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuomi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
tuomipihlaja (Finnish): serviceberry
Ancestry of “tuomipihlaja”, step by step
tuomipihlaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tuomi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuomi | bird cherry, hackberry, hagberry "Prunus padus";... |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish pihlaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pihlaja | rowan, mountain ash, "Sorbus aucuparia"; Any tree... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pihlaga | rowan |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pićlä | — |
Words derived from “tuomipihlaja”