Where does “kaltata” come from?
kaltata (Finnish) comes from Old Swedish skalda, from Old French escalder, from Latin excaldāre, from Latin calidus, from Latin caleō, from Proto-Italic kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
kaltata (Finnish): to blanch to dip briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water
Definitions
- to blanch to dip briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water