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Where does “yrtti” come from?

yrtti (Finnish) comes from Old Swedish yrt, from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

yrtti (Finnish): herb

Definitions

  1. herb

Ancestry of “yrtti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishyrt—
2Old Norseurt—
3Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
4Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “yrtti”

  • kurkkuyrtti
  • yrttitee
  • suopayrtti
  • yrttilääkintä
  • yrttilääke
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →