Where does “hillosipuli” come from?
hillosipuli (Finnish) comes from Swedish syltlök, from Swedish lök, from Swedish lokomotiv, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere — to move.
hillosipuli (Finnish): pearl onion, Allium ampeloprasum var. sectivum cultivar of wild leek producing small bulbs used primarily for pickling
Definitions
- pearl onion, Allium ampeloprasum var. sectivum cultivar of wild leek producing small bulbs used primarily for pickling
Ancestry of “hillosipuli”, step by step
hillosipuli traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish syltlök
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | syltlök | pickled onion |
| 2 | Swedish | lök | onion; a genus of plants. See also "Allium"; the... |
| 3 | Swedish | lokomotiv | a locomotive |
| 4 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 5 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 7 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 8 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 9 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | moweō | to move |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |
via Finnish hillo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hillo | jam, jelly; bread |
| 2 | Middle English | hilli | — |
| 3 | German | Hildebrand | — |
| 4 | Old High German | Hiltibrant | and the protagonist of the eponymous Hildebrandslied |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | Hildibrandaz | — |