Where does “chilipippuri” come from?
chilipippuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish pippuri, from Old Swedish pipar, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι, from Sanskrit पिप्पलि, from Sanskrit पिप्पल — berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...
Ancestry of “chilipippuri”, step by step
chilipippuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pippuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pippuri | pepper; pepper, chili |
| 2 | Old Swedish | pipar | — |
| 3 | Latin | piper | pepper |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πέπερι | pepper; black pepper |
| 5 | Sanskrit | पिप्पलि | berry; peppercorn; long pepper |
| 6 | 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 |