Where does “kalkkunasalaatti” come from?
kalkkunasalaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish salaatti, from Swedish sallad, from French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl — salt.
kalkkunasalaatti (Finnish): turkey salad
Definitions
- turkey salad
Ancestry of “kalkkunasalaatti”, step by step
kalkkunasalaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish salaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salaatti | salad; lettuce; any plant of the genus "Lactuca" |
| 2 | Swedish | sallad | salad; vegetables consisting of leaves, typically... |
| 3 | French | salade | salad; sallet |
| 4 | Italian | salada | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 6 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 7 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Finnish kalkkuna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kalkkuna | turkey, Meleagris gallopavo |
| 2 | Dutch | kalkoen | turkey, "Meleagris gallopavo" |
| 3 | Dutch | Calcoen | — |
| 4 | English | Calicut | — |
| 5 | Romanian | -uț | Forms masculine diminutives of nouns and... |
| 6 | Latin | -utus | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |