Where does “karvasmanteli” come from?

karvasmanteli (Finnish) comes from Finnish manteli, from Swedish mandel, from German mandel, from Middle High German mandel, from Old High German mandala, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη — almond; peach stone.

karvasmanteli (Finnish): bitter almond

Definitions

  1. bitter almond

Ancestry of “karvasmanteli”, step by step

karvasmanteli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish manteli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmantelialmond
2Swedishmandelan almond, a kind of nut; a tonsil
3Germanmandelalmond
4Middle High Germanmandel—
5Old High Germanmandalaalmond
6Latinamygdalaalmond tree; almond; tonsil
7Ancient Greekἀμυγδάληalmond; peach stone

via Finnish karvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarvasbitter; a type of boat used to drag a seine
2Proto-Finnickarvasbitter
3Proto-Germanicharwaz—

Words derived from “karvasmanteli”

Every word from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη →Every word from Latin amygdala →Every word from Old High German mandala →