Where does “härmekaali” come from?
härmekaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish harme, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
Ancestry of “härmekaali”, step by step
härmekaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish harme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | harme | The non-valuable material of ore |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish kaali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaali | cabbage; Brassica, a plant genus in Brassicaceae;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kāl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kál | cabbage, kale |
| 4 | Old English | cāwel | colewort |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kauli | cabbage, colewort |
| 6 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |