Where does “aleksanterintorttu” come from?
aleksanterintorttu (Finnish) comes from Finnish torttu, from Swedish tårta, from French tarte, from German torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Ancestry of “aleksanterintorttu”, step by step
aleksanterintorttu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish torttu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | torttu | tart, pie; turd |
| 2 | Swedish | tårta | a torte, a cake, a layered cake; to throw a cake... |
| 3 | French | tarte | pie, tart; slap; something easy to do |
| 4 | German | torte | inflection of torten: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | Italian | torta | pie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of... |
| 6 | Late Latin | torta | — |
| 7 | Latin | torta panis | twisted bread |
| 8 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Finnish Aleksanteri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Aleksanteri | Alexander |
| 2 | Latin | Alexander | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἀλέξανδρος | Alexander |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀλέξω | to keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀνδρός | genitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | man |