Where does “helmivalkosipuli” come from?
helmivalkosipuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish valkosipuli, from Swedish vitlök, from Swedish lök, from Swedish lokomotiv, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus — to move.
helmivalkosipuli (Finnish): hard-necked garlic
Definitions
- hard-necked garlic
Ancestry of “helmivalkosipuli”, step by step
helmivalkosipuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valkosipuli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valkosipuli | garlic, "Allium sativum"; garlic |
| 2 | Swedish | vitlök | garlic, Allium sativum |
| 3 | Swedish | lök | onion; a genus of plants. See also "Allium"; the... |
| 4 | Swedish | lokomotiv | a locomotive |
| 5 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 6 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 8 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 9 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 10 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | moweō | to move |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |
via Finnish helmi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | helmi | pearl; bead; gem |
| 2 | Finnish | Vilhelmiina | — |
| 3 | German | Wilhelmina | — |
| 4 | German | Wilhelm | William |
| 5 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 6 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |