Where does “talvipuuvilla” come from?
talvipuuvilla (Finnish) comes from Finnish puuvilla, from Finnish villa, from Finnish Vilhelm, from Swedish Vilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm, from Proto-Germanic helmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.
talvipuuvilla (Finnish): winter cotton; fairly heavy cotton fabric
Definitions
- winter cotton; fairly heavy cotton fabric
Ancestry of “talvipuuvilla”, step by step
talvipuuvilla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puuvilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puuvilla | cotton |
| 2 | Finnish | villa | wool; villa |
| 3 | Finnish | Vilhelm | William of foreign historical persons |
| 4 | Swedish | Vilhelm | — |
| 5 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 6 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |