Where does “yrtti-iiso” come from?

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

yrtti-iiso (Finnish): blue giant hyssop, Agastache foeniculum shrub in the mint family used in traditional herbal medicine as an antiseptic, cough reliever, and expectorant

Definitions

  1. blue giant hyssop, Agastache foeniculum shrub in the mint family used in traditional herbal medicine as an antiseptic, cough reliever, and expectorant

Ancestry of “yrtti-iiso”, step by step

yrtti-iiso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yrtti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyrttiherb
2Old Swedishyrt
3Old Norseurt
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Finnish iiso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiisogiant hyssop plant in the genus
2Finnishiisoppihyssop, herb hyssop
3Swedishisophyssop
4Latinhȳsōpumhyssop
5Ancient GreekὕσσωποςA species of "Origanum"; used to translate...
6Hebrewאזובhyssop; I will dribble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂dsEvery word from Proto-Germanic wrōtsEvery word from Proto-Germanic wurt-