Where does “joulutorttu” come from?

joulutorttu (Finnish) comes from Finnish torttu, from Swedish tårta, from French tarte, from German torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

joulutorttu (Finnish): A star-shaped "danish" made with puff pastry and...

Definitions

  1. A star-shaped "danish" made with puff pastry and...

Ancestry of “joulutorttu”, step by step

joulutorttu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish torttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorttutart, pie; turd
2Swedishtårtaa torte, a cake, a layered cake; to throw a cake...
3Frenchtartepie, tart; slap; something easy to do
4Germantorteinflection of torten: ## first-person singular...
5Italiantortapie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of...
6Late Latintorta
7Latintorta panistwisted bread
8Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
9Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
10Proto-Italic-tus
11Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish joulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjouluChristmas; Abbreviation of joulukuu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin tortus