Where does “kaalikoi” come from?
kaalikoi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaali, 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.
kaalikoi (Finnish): diamondback moth, cabbage moth, Plutella xylostella agricultural pest chiefly feeding on leaves of cruciferous crops and plants that produce glucosinolates
Definitions
- diamondback moth, cabbage moth, Plutella xylostella agricultural pest chiefly feeding on leaves of cruciferous crops and plants that produce glucosinolates
Ancestry of “kaalikoi”, step by step
kaalikoi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaali | cabbage; Brassica, a plant genus in Brassicaceae;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kāl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kál | cabbage, kale |
| 4 | Old English | cāwel | colewort |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kauli | cabbage, colewort |
| 6 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |