Where does “kermaperuna” come from?

kermaperuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish peruna, from Swedish jordpäron, from Swedish jord, from Old Swedish iorþ, from Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

kermaperuna (Finnish): scalloped potato(es); potato slice(s) baked and served in a cream sauce in the plural when referring to it as a dish

Definitions

  1. scalloped potato(es); potato slice(s) baked and served in a cream sauce in the plural when referring to it as a dish

Ancestry of “kermaperuna”, step by step

kermaperuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peruna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperunapotato, "Solanum tuberosum"
2Swedishjordpäronpotato
3Swedishjordearth, soil; a rock- or sand-based unconsolidated...
4Old Swedishiorþearth, land
5Old Norsejǫrðearth
6Proto-Germanicerþōearth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Finnish kerma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkermacream; the cream; kerma
2EnglishkermaThe sum of the initial kinetic energies of all...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic erþō →Every word from Old Norse jǫrð →