Where does “jääkellari” come from?
jääkellari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kellari, from Swedish källare, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
jääkellari (Finnish): ice cellar cellar which is kept cool in summer by ice that is stored there in winter
Definitions
- ice cellar cellar which is kept cool in summer by ice that is stored there in winter
Ancestry of “jääkellari”, step by step
jääkellari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kellari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kellari | A cellar; A storage space in an apartment... |
| 2 | Swedish | källare | basement; cellar |
| 3 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |