Where does “kiivihedelmä” come from?

kiivihedelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiivi, from English Kiwi, from Maori kiwi — kiwi.

kiivihedelmä (Finnish): kiwifruit

Definitions

  1. kiwifruit

Ancestry of “kiivihedelmä”, step by step

kiivihedelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiivikiwi; kiwi fruit
2EnglishKiwiA New Zealander; of or from New Zealand
3Maorikiwikiwi

via Finnish hedelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhedelmäfruit
2Proto-Finnicheidelmä—
Every word from Maori kiwi →Every word from English Kiwi →Every word from Finnish kiivi →