Where does “sibulavenelane” come from?

sibulavenelane (Estonian) comes from Estonian sibul, from Middle Low German sipolle, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

sibulavenelane (Estonian): Russian an ethnic Russian that is known by growing and trading with onions

Definitions

  1. Russian an ethnic Russian that is known by growing and trading with onions

Ancestry of “sibulavenelane”, step by step

sibulavenelane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian sibul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansibulonion; a Russian person
2Middle Low Germansipolle
3Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

via Estonian venelane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianvenelaneRussian (person)
2Estonian-laneDerives nouns from places for a person...
3Proto-Finnic-lainenForms adjectives relating to a place
4Proto-Finnic-lalocative suffix
Every word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin cēpullaEvery word from Middle Low German sipolle
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