Where does “käpylehmä” come from?

käpylehmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lehmä, from Proto-Finnic lehmä — cow.

käpylehmä (Finnish): a "cow" made of a conifer cone and sticks, used as a children's toy

Definitions

  1. a "cow" made of a conifer cone and sticks, used as a children's toy

Ancestry of “käpylehmä”, step by step

käpylehmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lehmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlehmäcow; any female ruminant; often with a modifier;...
2Proto-Finniclehmäcow

via Finnish käpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpyconifer's cone, strobilus
2Proto-Turkickäpä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic lehmä →Every word from Finnish lehmä →