Where does “grillipihvi” come from?
grillipihvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pihvi, from Swedish biff, from English beef, from Middle English bef, from Old French buef, from Latin bōs, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus — army.
grillipihvi (Finnish): barbecue steak
Definitions
- barbecue steak
Ancestry of “grillipihvi”, step by step
grillipihvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pihvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pihvi | steak; patty |
| 2 | Swedish | biff | a steak, a beefsteak |
| 3 | English | beef | The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | bef | beef; cow flesh or meat; A bovine or its carcass |
| 5 | Old French | buef | cow |
| 6 | Latin | bōs | head of cattle (cow, bull, steer, or ox) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 8 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Finnish grilli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | grilli | grill, barbeque, barbecue; grill room, grillroom,... |
| 2 | English | grill | A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material... |
| 3 | English | griller | One who, or that which, grills; Food suitable for... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |