Where does “limetinvihreä” come from?

limetinvihreä (Finnish) comes from Finnish limetti, from French limette, from French lime, from Latin lima, from Spanish lima, from Spanish Limón, from Arabic لَيْمُون, from Persian لیمو.

limetinvihreä (Finnish): lime green, lime something of that color

Definitions

lime green, lime something of that color

Ancestry of “limetinvihreä”, step by step

limetinvihreä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish limetti

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	limetti	lime citrus tree, its green fruit
2	French	limette	sweet lime
3	French	lime	file; lime
4	Latin	lima	file
5	Spanish	lima	lime; lemon; file
6	Spanish	Limón	lemon
7	Arabic	لَيْمُون	lemon, lime
8	Persian	لیمو	lemon; lime
9	Sanskrit	निम्बू	common lime or lemon
10	Mundari	lembu	—

via Finnish vihreä

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	vihreä	green; The color green
2	Proto-Finnic	viherä	green
3	Proto-Finnic	viha	hate, anger; rage; agression
4	Proto-Finnic	wiša	—
5	Proto-Indo-Iranian	wišás	poison, venom
6	Proto-Indo-European	wisós	fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;...

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