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

  1. to blanch to dip briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water

Ancestry of “kaltata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishskalda—
2Old Frenchescalder—
3Latinexcaldāre—
4Latincaliduswarm, hot; fiery, fierce, vehement; spirited,...
5Latincaleōto be warm or hot, glow
6Proto-Italickalēō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “kaltata”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic kalēō →Every word from Latin caleō →