Where does “hedelmämarmeladi” come from?
hedelmämarmeladi (Finnish) comes from Finnish marmeladi, from French marmelade, from Middle French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada, from Galician marmelo, from Old Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimelum, from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον — small animal”; small animal.
hedelmämarmeladi (Finnish): fruit marmalade
Definitions
- fruit marmalade
Ancestry of “hedelmämarmeladi”, step by step
hedelmämarmeladi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish marmeladi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | marmeladi | marmalade |
| 2 | French | marmelade | marmalade |
| 3 | Middle French | marmelade | — |
| 4 | Portuguese | marmelada | quince jam, quince cheese |
| 5 | Galician | marmelo | quince |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | marmelo | — |
| 7 | Latin | melimelum | honey apple, sweet apple |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μελίμηλον | geniting, a variety of apple |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |