Where does “lumikukka” come from?

lumikukka (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian lumi, from Proto-Finnic lumi, from Proto-Uralic lome — snow.

lumikukka (Ingrian): snowdrop

Definitions

  1. snowdrop

Ancestry of “lumikukka”, step by step

lumikukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlumisnow
2Proto-Finniclumisnow
3Proto-Uraliclomesnow

via Ingrian kukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankukkaflower; nobody, no-one
2Proto-Finnickukkaflower
Every word from Proto-Uralic lomeEvery word from Proto-Finnic lumiEvery word from Ingrian lumi