Where does “voikeltano” come from?

voikeltano (Finnish) comes from Finnish keltano, from Finnish kelta, from Proto-Finnic kelta, from Proto-Baltic gilˀtos.

voikeltano (Finnish): any plant of the genus Pilosella

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Pilosella

Ancestry of “voikeltano”, step by step

voikeltano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keltano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeltanohawkweed
2Finnishkeltayellow
3Proto-Finnickeltayellow; species of club moss used for dyeing...
4Proto-Balticgilˀtos—

via Finnish voi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoibutter; oh; third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicvoibutter; oh, woe
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwajefat
Every word from Proto-Baltic gilˀtos →Every word from Proto-Finnic kelta →Every word from Finnish kelta →