Where does “tyvimukula” come from?

tyvimukula (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyvi, from Proto-Finnic tüvi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric tüŋe.

tyvimukula (Finnish): corm short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive adverse conditions

Definitions

  1. corm short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive adverse conditions

Ancestry of “tyvimukula”, step by step

tyvimukula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tyvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyvifoot; crown, collar; beam
2Proto-Finnictüvibase of a tree
3Proto-Finno-Ugrictüŋe—

via Finnish mukula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmukulatuber; tuberous, and other translations; lump
2Finnishmykkylump, bump
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric tüŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic tüvi →Every word from Finnish tyvi →
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