Where does “kajottikurpitsa” come from?

kajottikurpitsa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurpitsa, from Swedish kurbits — gourd.

kajottikurpitsa (Finnish): chayote

Definitions

  1. chayote

Ancestry of “kajottikurpitsa”, step by step

kajottikurpitsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kurpitsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurpitsapumpkin, squash, gourd; Any of the plants in the...
2Swedishkurbitsgourd

via Finnish kajotti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkajotti—
Every word from Swedish kurbits →Every word from Finnish kurpitsa →