Where does “cos-salaatti” come from?
cos-salaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish salaatti, from Swedish sallad, from French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl — salt.
cos-salaatti (Finnish): Romaine lettuce, cos lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia variety of lettuce
Definitions
- Romaine lettuce, cos lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia variety of lettuce
Ancestry of “cos-salaatti”, step by step
cos-salaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish salaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salaatti | salad; lettuce; any plant of the genus "Lactuca" |
| 2 | Swedish | sallad | salad; vegetables consisting of leaves, typically... |
| 3 | French | salade | salad; sallet |
| 4 | Italian | salada | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 6 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 7 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via English cos lettuce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cos lettuce | a long-leaved variety of lettuce |
| 2 | English | Kos | used in addition to a target player's username to alert teammates of a suspicious player that should be killed when seen |
| 3 | Greek | Κως | Kos largest town on the above island |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Κῶς | Kos, an island in the Dodecanese |
| 5 | Hebrew | כוס | A cup, glass, tumbler; little owl; A pussy |
| 6 | Arabic | كُسّ | — |