Where does “kukkakaalikeitto” come from?
kukkakaalikeitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kukkakaali, from Finnish kaali, from Old Swedish kāl, from Old Norse kál, from Old English cāwel, from Proto-West Germanic *kauli, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός.
kukkakaalikeitto (Finnish): cauliflower soup
Definitions
- cauliflower soup
Ancestry of “kukkakaalikeitto”, step by step
kukkakaalikeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kukkakaali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kukkakaali | cauliflower |
| 2 | Finnish | kaali | cabbage; Brassica, a plant genus in Brassicaceae;... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | kāl | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | kál | cabbage, kale |
| 5 | Old English | cāwel | colewort |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *kauli | cabbage, colewort |
| 7 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |