Where does “kukkalatva” come from?

kukkalatva (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian kukka, from Proto-Finnic kukka — flower.

kukkalatva (Ingrian): with a treetop full of flowers

Definitions

  1. with a treetop full of flowers

Ancestry of “kukkalatva”, step by step

kukkalatva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian kukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankukkaflower; nobody, no-one
2Proto-Finnickukkaflower

via Ingrian latva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlatvatreetop
Every word from Proto-Finnic kukka →Every word from Ingrian kukka →
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