Where does “limoviikuna” come from?

limoviikuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish limo, from Swedish lime, from English lime, from French lime, from Latin lima, from Spanish lima, from Spanish Limón, from Arabic لَيْمُون.

limoviikuna (Finnish): weeping fig

Definitions

  1. weeping fig

Ancestry of “limoviikuna”, step by step

limoviikuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish limo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlimo
2Swedishlimea lime (fruit)
3EnglishlimeAny inorganic material containing calcium,...
4Frenchlimefile; lime
5Latinlimafile
6Spanishlimalime; lemon; file
7SpanishLimónlemon
8Arabicلَيْمُونlemon, lime
9Persianلیموlemon; lime
10Sanskritनिम्बूcommon lime or lemon
11Mundarilembu

via Finnish viikuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviikunafig; fig, figtree
2Swedishfikona fig
3Middle Low Germanvige
4Vulgar Latinficafig; fig, fig-tree
5Latinficusfig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
6Phoenician??Ripe fig
Every word from Mundari lembuEvery word from Sanskrit निम्बूEvery word from Persian لیمو