Where does “isokaalikärpänen” come from?
isokaalikärpänen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaali, from Old Swedish kāl, from Old Norse kál, from Old English cāwel, from Proto-West Germanic *kauli, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós.
isokaalikärpänen (Finnish): turnip root fly, summer cabbage fly, Delia floralis insect pest whose larvae or maggots feed on the roots of various plants in the family Brassicaceae
Definitions
- turnip root fly, summer cabbage fly, Delia floralis insect pest whose larvae or maggots feed on the roots of various plants in the family Brassicaceae
Ancestry of “isokaalikärpänen”, step by step
isokaalikärpänen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaali | cabbage; Brassica, a plant genus in Brassicaceae;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kāl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kál | cabbage, kale |
| 4 | Old English | cāwel | colewort |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kauli | cabbage, colewort |
| 6 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |
via Finnish iso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | iso | big; large; great |
| 2 | Finnish | isä | father; Father |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | icä | father |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | ićä | father |
via Finnish kärpänen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kärpänen | fly; bug; out, when caused by the baserunner... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kärpähinen | fly insect |