Where does “chilipaprika” come from?
chilipaprika (Finnish) comes from Finnish paprika, from German Paprika, from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from Serbo-Croatian pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι — berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...
chilipaprika (Finnish): chili pepper
Definitions
- chili pepper
Ancestry of “chilipaprika”, step by step
chilipaprika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paprika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paprika | paprika; pepper, bell pepper, sweet pepper |
| 2 | German | Paprika | paprika; bell pepper |
| 3 | Hungarian | paprika | paprika; pepper, bell pepper |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | pàprika | bell pepper, pepper, paprika |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | pȁpar | pepper; ground pepper |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | pьpьrь | pepper |
| 7 | Latin | piper | pepper |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πέπερι | pepper; black pepper |
| 9 | Sanskrit | पिप्पलि | berry; peppercorn; long pepper |
| 10 | Sanskrit | पिप्पल | berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind... |
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 |