Where does “aprikoosipuu” come from?
aprikoosipuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish aprikoosi, from Swedish aprikos, from German Aprikose, from Dutch abrikoos, from French apricots, from Latin praecox, from Latin praecoquō, from Latin coquō.
aprikoosipuu (Finnish): apricot tree, "Prunus armeniaca"
Definitions
- apricot tree, "Prunus armeniaca"
Ancestry of “aprikoosipuu”, step by step
aprikoosipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aprikoosi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aprikoosi | apricot |
| 2 | Swedish | aprikos | apricot fruit |
| 3 | German | Aprikose | apricot |
| 4 | Dutch | abrikoos | apricot |
| 5 | French | apricots | — |
| 6 | Latin | praecox | ripe before its time; premature; precocious;... |
| 7 | Latin | praecoquō | — |
| 8 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 9 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 10 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 11 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 12 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 14 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |