Where does “vihertävä” come from?
vihertävä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vihertää, from Finnish viher-, from Finnish vihreä, from Proto-Finnic viherä, from Proto-Finnic viha, from Proto-Finnic wiša, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wišás, from Proto-Indo-European wisós — fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...
vihertävä (Finnish): greenish somewhat green
Definitions
- greenish somewhat green
Ancestry of “vihertävä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vihertää | to have a green shade; Third-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | viher- | Used as defining part in many compound nouns to... |
| 3 | Finnish | vihreä | green; The color green |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | viherä | green |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | viha | hate, anger; rage; agression |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wisós | fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;... |