Where does “jäävuorisalaatti” come from?
jäävuorisalaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish salaatti, from Swedish sallad, from French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl — salt.
jäävuorisalaatti (Finnish): iceberg lettuce, crisphead lettuce, Lactuca sativa var. capitata
Definitions
- iceberg lettuce, crisphead lettuce, Lactuca sativa var. capitata
Ancestry of “jäävuorisalaatti”, step by step
jäävuorisalaatti traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish salaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salaatti | salad; lettuce; any plant of the genus "Lactuca" |
| 2 | Swedish | sallad | salad; vegetables consisting of leaves, typically... |
| 3 | French | salade | salad; sallet |
| 4 | Italian | salada | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 6 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 7 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Finnish jäävuori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäävuori | iceberg |
| 2 | Finnish | Vuori | mountain large mass of earth and rock |
| 3 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 4 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via English iceberg lettuce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | iceberg lettuce | A lettuce cultivar (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) noted for its crunchiness; the most familiar of all lettuces sold in the United States |