Where does “talvinisu” come from?

talvinisu (Votic) comes from Votic talvi, from Proto-Finnic talvi, from Proto-Uralic tälwä — winter.

talvinisu (Votic): winter wheat

Definitions

  1. winter wheat

Ancestry of “talvinisu”, step by step

talvinisu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Votic talvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Votictalviwinter
2Proto-Finnictalviwinter
3Proto-Uralictälwäwinter

via Votic nisu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Voticnisuwheat
Every word from Proto-Uralic tälwäEvery word from Proto-Finnic talviEvery word from Votic talvi