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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsyltlökpickled onion
2Swedishlökonion; a genus of plants. See also "Allium"; the...
3Swedishlokomotiva locomotive
4EnglishlocomotiveThe power unit of a train that pulls the coaches...
5Frenchlocomotiflocomotive
6Vulgar Latinmotivusmoving; stirred; moved
7Latinmotusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;...
8Latinmoverepresent active infinitive of moveō; second-person...
9LatinmoveoI move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,...
10Proto-Italicmoweōto move
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

via Finnish hillo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhillojam, jelly; bread
2Middle Englishhilli
3GermanHildebrand
4Old High GermanHiltibrantand the protagonist of the eponymous Hildebrandslied
5Proto-GermanicHildibrandaz

via Finnish sipuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsipulionion, "Allium cepa"; onion; onion, Allium
2Old Swedishsipulred onion
3Middle Low Germansipolle
4Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-