Where does “talvikurpitsa” come from?

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

talvikurpitsa (Finnish): winter squash

Definitions

  1. winter squash

Ancestry of “talvikurpitsa”, step by step

talvikurpitsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish talvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalviwinter
2Proto-Finnictalviwinter
3Proto-Uralictälwäwinter

via Finnish kurpitsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurpitsapumpkin, squash, gourd; Any of the plants in the...
2Swedishkurbitsgourd
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