Where does “kamomillatee” come from?
kamomillatee (Finnish) comes from Finnish tee, from Swedish te, from German tee, from English tee, from Middle English teen, from Old English tēon, from Old English tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic teuhan — to pull, to draw; to lead.
kamomillatee (Finnish): camomile tea
Definitions
- camomile tea
Ancestry of “kamomillatee”, step by step
kamomillatee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tee | tea; tea, cup of tea; The name of the... |
| 2 | Swedish | te | tea; to appear |
| 3 | German | tee | tea drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of |
| 4 | English | tee | The name of the Latin-script letter T; Something... |
| 5 | Middle English | teen | — |
| 6 | Old English | tēon | to drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to... |
| 7 | Old English | tēohan | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | teuhan | to pull; to lead |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | teuhaną | to lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |
via Finnish kamomilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kamomilla | camomile German chamomile |
| 2 | Italian | camomilla | camomile |
| 3 | Latin | chamaemelon | camomile |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χαμαίμηλον | Roman camomile |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χαμαί | on the earth, near the ground; to the... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Χθών | the Earth, personified as a goddess |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |