Where does “talvikko” come from?

talvikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish talvi, from Proto-Finnic talvi, from Proto-Uralic tälwä — winter.

talvikko (Finnish): Djungarian hamster, Russian winter white dwarf hamster, Phodopus sungorus

Definitions

  1. Djungarian hamster, Russian winter white dwarf hamster, Phodopus sungorus

Ancestry of “talvikko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalviwinter
2Proto-Finnictalviwinter
3Proto-Uralictälwäwinter
Every word from Proto-Uralic tälwä →Every word from Proto-Finnic talvi →Every word from Finnish talvi →