Where does “yrttiselleri” come from?

yrttiselleri (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.

yrttiselleri (Finnish): leaf celery, cutting celery, Chinese celery, Apium graveolens var. secalinum variety of celery cultivated chiefly for its edible leaves and stalk

Definitions

  1. leaf celery, cutting celery, Chinese celery, Apium graveolens var. secalinum variety of celery cultivated chiefly for its edible leaves and stalk

Ancestry of “yrttiselleri”, step by step

yrttiselleri 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 selleri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsellericelery
2Swedishsellericelery
3Lombardselleri
4Latinselīnum
5Ancient Greekσέλινονcelery
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂dsEvery word from Proto-Germanic wrōtsEvery word from Proto-Germanic wurt-