Where does “verivaahtera” come from?

verivaahtera (Finnish) comes from Finnish veri, from Proto-Finnic veri, from Proto-Uralic were — blood.

verivaahtera (Finnish): Acer platanoides var. schwedleri

Definitions

  1. Acer platanoides var. schwedleri

Ancestry of “verivaahtera”, step by step

verivaahtera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish veri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveriblood
2Proto-Finnicveriblood
3Proto-Uralicwereblood

via Finnish vaahtera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaahteramaple any tree of the genus
2Proto-Finnicvahteramaple
Every word from Proto-Uralic were →Every word from Proto-Finnic veri →Every word from Finnish veri →