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Where does “villivehnä” come from?

villivehnä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vehnä, from Proto-Finnic vehnä, from Proto-Finno-Permic wešnä.

villivehnä (Finnish): wild rye; the genus "Elymus"

Definitions

  1. wild rye; the genus "Elymus"

Ancestry of “villivehnä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvehnäwheat
2Proto-Finnicvehnäwheat
3Proto-Finno-Permicwešnä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wešnä →