Where does “juustofondue” come from?
juustofondue (Finnish) comes from Finnish fondue, from Finnish fondyy, from French fondue, from French fondre, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere, from Latin fundo, from Latin fundus — smoke; mist, haze.
Ancestry of “juustofondue”, step by step
juustofondue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish fondue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | fondue | Alternative form of fondyy |
| 2 | Finnish | fondyy | fondue |
| 3 | French | fondue | feminine singular of fondu; fondue |
| 4 | French | fondre | to melt, melt down, smelt; to melt; to melt away,... |
| 5 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 6 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 7 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 8 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |