Where does “karamellijäätelö” come from?
karamellijäätelö (Finnish) comes from Finnish karamelli, from Swedish karamell, from German Karamell, from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, from Latin calamellus, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
karamellijäätelö (Finnish): caramel ice cream
Definitions
- caramel ice cream
Ancestry of “karamellijäätelö”, step by step
karamellijäätelö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karamelli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karamelli | sweet, candy; caramel |
| 2 | Swedish | karamell | sweet, caramel; confection made of melted and... |
| 3 | German | Karamell | caramel |
| 4 | French | caramel | caramel, fudge |
| 5 | Spanish | caramelo | candy; caramel |
| 6 | Portuguese | caramelo | caramel; candy made of caramel; any candy |
| 7 | Latin | calamellus | A little reed or pen |
| 8 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Finnish jäätelö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäätelö | ice cream |
| 2 | English | ice cream | A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a... |
| 3 | English | iced cream | Dated form of ice cream |