Where does “lumikinkku” come from?

lumikinkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish kinkku, from Swedish skinka, from Low German schinke, from Middle Low German schinke, from Old Saxon skinka, from Proto-West Germanic skinkō, from Proto-Germanic skinkô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keng- — to limp, hobble; to tilt, be askew.

lumikinkku (Finnish): cold-smoked matured, dry-cured ham

Definitions

  1. cold-smoked matured, dry-cured ham

Ancestry of “lumikinkku”, step by step

lumikinkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kinkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkinkkuham; weekend in the army
2Swedishskinkaham; buttock
3Low Germanschinke—
4Middle Low Germanschinke—
5Old Saxonskinkaham
6Proto-West Germanicskinkōthigh, shank
7Proto-Germanicskinkôthigh; shank
8Proto-Indo-European(s)keng-to limp, hobble; to tilt, be askew

via Finnish Lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLumisnow frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances
2Finnishlumisnow
3Proto-Finniclumisnow
4Proto-Uraliclomesnow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)keng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skinkô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skinkō →