Where does “juustokastike” come from?
juustokastike (Finnish) comes from Finnish juusto, from French Brie, from Gaulish briga, from Proto-Celtic brigā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- — to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain.
juustokastike (Finnish): cheese sauce
Definitions
- cheese sauce
Ancestry of “juustokastike”, step by step
juustokastike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish juusto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juusto | cheese |
| 2 | French | Brie | brie |
| 3 | Gaulish | briga | hill; fortress |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | brigā | might, power |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *bʰérǵʰos | hill |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerǵʰ- | to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain |
via Finnish kastike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kastike | sauce; gravy; dressing |
| 2 | Finnish | kastaa | to dip, sop; to baptize/baptise |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kastadak | to wet, to soak; to dip, to immerse |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |