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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

  1. fruit marmalade

Ancestry of “hedelmämarmeladi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmarmeladimarmalade
2Frenchmarmelademarmalade
3Middle Frenchmarmelade—
4Portuguesemarmeladaquince jam, quince cheese
5Galicianmarmeloquince
6Old Portuguesemarmelo—
7Latinmelimelumhoney apple, sweet apple
8Ancient Greekμελίμηλον—
9Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
10Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
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