Where does “kotahedelmä” come from?

kotahedelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kota, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota, from Proto-Uralic kota — hut, tent, tepee.

kotahedelmä (Finnish): pome fruit, capsule fruit, boll

Definitions

  1. pome fruit, capsule fruit, boll

Ancestry of “kotahedelmä”, step by step

kotahedelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkotaA conical or hemispherical shelter with an open...
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
3Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee

via Finnish hedelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhedelmäfruit
2Proto-Finnicheidelmä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kota →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota →Every word from Finnish kota →