Where does “katkarapusalaatti” come from?
katkarapusalaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish katkarapu, from Finnish rapu, from Swedish krabba, from Old Swedish krabba, from Old Norse krabbi, from Old English crabba, from Proto-West Germanic krabbō, from Proto-Germanic krabbô — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
katkarapusalaatti (Finnish): shrimp salad
Definitions
- shrimp salad
Ancestry of “katkarapusalaatti”, step by step
katkarapusalaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish katkarapu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katkarapu | shrimp, prawn |
| 2 | Finnish | rapu | European crayfish, noble crayfish, broad-fingered... |
| 3 | Swedish | krabba | a crab |
| 4 | Old Swedish | krabba | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | krabbi | — |
| 6 | Old English | crabba | crab; crayfish |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | krabbō | crab |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | krabbô | crab |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | krabbōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Finnish salaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salaatti | salad; lettuce; any plant of the genus "Lactuca" |
| 2 | Swedish | sallad | salad; vegetables consisting of leaves, typically... |
| 3 | French | salade | salad; sallet |
| 4 | Italian | salada | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 6 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 7 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |