Where does “viikunahillo” come from?

viikunahillo (Finnish) comes from Finnish viikuna, from Swedish fikon, from Middle Low German vige, from Vulgar Latin fica, from Latin ficus, from Phoenician ?? — Ripe fig.

viikunahillo (Finnish): fig jam

Definitions

  1. fig jam

Ancestry of “viikunahillo”, step by step

viikunahillo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viikuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviikunafig; fig, figtree
2Swedishfikona fig
3Middle Low Germanvige
4Vulgar Latinficafig; fig, fig-tree
5Latinficusfig tree; fig; hemorrhoids
6Phoenician??Ripe fig

via Finnish hillo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhillojam, jelly; bread
2Middle Englishhilli
3GermanHildebrand
4Old High GermanHiltibrantand the protagonist of the eponymous Hildebrandslied
5Proto-GermanicHildibrandaz
Every word from Phoenician ??Every word from Latin ficusEvery word from Vulgar Latin fica