Where does “ceyloninkaneli” come from?
ceyloninkaneli (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ceylon, from English Ceylon, from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan, from Persian سیلان, from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल, from Sanskrit सिंह.
ceyloninkaneli (Finnish): Cinnamon, Cinnamomum zeylanicum or Cinnamomum verum tree
Definitions
- Cinnamon, Cinnamomum zeylanicum or Cinnamomum verum tree
Ancestry of “ceyloninkaneli”, step by step
ceyloninkaneli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Ceylon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Ceylon | — |
| 2 | English | Ceylon | Short for Ceylon tea |
| 3 | Portuguese | Ceilão | Ceylon |
| 4 | Old French | Seilan | — |
| 5 | Persian | سیلان | flow; flux |
| 6 | Pali | sīhaḷa | Sinhalese |
| 7 | Sanskrit | सिंहल | the island of Sri Lanka; name of a man; Sri... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | सिंह | the lion; the zodiacal sign Leo or its lagna;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | sinźʰás | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sinȷ́ʰás | lion |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *sinǵʰós- | — |
via Finnish kaneli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaneli | cinnamon |
| 2 | Swedish | kanel | cinnamon, a spice |
| 3 | Italian | cannella | cinnamon; faucet, household water tap, spigot |
| 4 | Italian | -ello | Alterative suffix used to form... |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |