Where does “kaali” come from?

kaali (Finnish) comes from Old Swedish kāl, from Old Norse kál, from Old English cāwel, from Proto-West Germanic *kauli, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós.

kaali (Finnish): cabbage; Brassica, a plant genus in Brassicaceae;...

Definitions

  1. cabbage; Brassica, a plant genus in Brassicaceae;...

Ancestry of “kaali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishkāl
2Old Norsekálcabbage, kale
3Old Englishcāwelcolewort
4Proto-West Germanic*kaulicabbage, colewort
5Latincaulisdative plural of caulae; ablative plural of...
6Ancient Greekκαυλόςstem, stalk; shaft
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂ulós

Words derived from “kaali

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós