Where does “vesakkomyrkky” come from?

vesakkomyrkky (Finnish) comes from Finnish myrkky, from Proto-Finnic mürkkü, from Proto-Finnic merkkü.

vesakkomyrkky (Finnish): defoliant, weedkiller, arboricide substance that kills young tree plants

Definitions

  1. defoliant, weedkiller, arboricide substance that kills young tree plants

Ancestry of “vesakkomyrkky”, step by step

vesakkomyrkky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myrkky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyrkkypoison; venom
2Proto-Finnicmürkküpoison
3Proto-Finnicmerkkü—

via Finnish vesakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesakkocoppice, copse
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic merkkü →Every word from Proto-Finnic mürkkü →Every word from Finnish myrkky →