Where does “chilijauhe” come from?
chilijauhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish chili, from English Chili, from Spanish chile, from Quechua chiri, from Mapudungun chilli — where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus.
chilijauhe (Finnish): chili powder
Definitions
- chili powder
Ancestry of “chilijauhe”, step by step
chilijauhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish chili
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | chili | chili |
| 2 | English | Chili | The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking |
| 3 | Spanish | chile | chili, chilli, chile; penis |
| 4 | Quechua | chiri | cold; frost, cold; a "cold" temperature or... |
| 5 | Mapudungun | chilli | where the land ends; seagull Larus dominicanus |