Where does “kanelipulla” come from?
kanelipulla (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaneli, from Swedish kanel, from Italian cannella, from Italian -ello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
kanelipulla (Finnish): cinnamon bun
Definitions
- cinnamon bun
Ancestry of “kanelipulla”, step by step
kanelipulla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaneli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaneli | cinnamon |
| 2 | Swedish | kanel | cinnamon, a spice |
| 3 | Italian | cannella | cinnamon; faucet, household water tap, spigot |
| 4 | Italian | -ello | Alterative suffix used to form... |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Finnish pulla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pulla | cardamom bread, "also" pulla; ball; as headword... |
| 2 | Swedish | bulle | a bun; a small bread roll; a taxi, a cab |
| 3 | Old Norse | bolli | goblet, cup |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bullô | round object; ball; bowl |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |