Where does “banaanipistoke” come from?
banaanipistoke (Finnish) comes from Finnish banaani, from Swedish banan, from Spanish banana, from Portuguese banana, from Wolof banaana — banana.
banaanipistoke (Finnish): banana plug
Ancestry of “banaanipistoke”, step by step
banaanipistoke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish banaani
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | banaani | banana; a ban |
| 2 | Swedish | banan | a banana |
| 3 | Spanish | banana | banana fruit |
| 4 | Portuguese | banana | banana; penis; bras d'honneur |
| 5 | Wolof | banaana | banana |
via Finnish pistoke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pistoke | plug; socket |
| 2 | Finnish | pisto | sting, bite; prick, puncture, hole made by... |
| 3 | Finnish | pistää | to poke, thrust; to stick, prick, stab, puncture;... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pistädäk | to poke, to thrust, to stab, to sting; to put, to... |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | pistä- | — |