Where does “istukassipuli” come from?

istukassipuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish istukas, from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.

istukassipuli (Finnish): onion set

Definitions

  1. onion set

Ancestry of “istukassipuli”, step by step

istukassipuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish istukas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishistukasA root vegetable kept for planting next spring;...
2Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
3Finnishkatso!look!
4Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
5Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
6Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

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...
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