Where does “etikkakurkku” come from?
etikkakurkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish etikka, from Swedish ättika, from Old Norse edik, from Dutch edik, from Middle Dutch edic, from Old Dutch etig, from Proto-Germanic *atek, from Latin acētum — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
etikkakurkku (Finnish): pickle
Definitions
- pickle
Ancestry of “etikkakurkku”, step by step
etikkakurkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish etikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | etikka | vinegar |
| 2 | Swedish | ättika | vinegar |
| 3 | Old Norse | edik | — |
| 4 | Dutch | edik | vinegar, especially dilute vinegar used as a... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | edic | vinegar |
| 6 | Old Dutch | etig | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *atek | — |
| 8 | Latin | acētum | vinegar |
| 9 | French | -ate | ate |
| 10 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via Finnish kurkku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kurkku | throat; beard; cucumber |
| 2 | Swedish | gurka | a cucumber |
| 3 | Low German | Gurk | cucumber |
| 4 | Middle Low German | augurke | — |
| 5 | Polish | ogórek | cucumber; gherkin |
| 6 | Greek | άγουρος | unripe, green; immature; inexperienced |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄωρος | untimely, unseasonable; unripe; without youthful... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |