Where does “ceyloninmoringa” come from?
ceyloninmoringa (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.
ceyloninmoringa (Finnish): drumstick tree, "Moringa oleifera"
Definitions
- drumstick tree, "Moringa oleifera"
Ancestry of “ceyloninmoringa”, step by step
ceyloninmoringa 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 moringa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | moringa | — |