Where does “kukkasipuli” come from?

kukkasipuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish kukka, from Latin Flōra, from Proto-Italic *Flōzā, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

kukkasipuli (Finnish): flower bulb

Definitions

  1. flower bulb

Ancestry of “kukkasipuli”, step by step

kukkasipuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkukkaflower; cannabis; weed
2LatinFlōraFlora, the goddess of flowers
3Proto-Italic*Flōzāan Italic flower goddess, Flora
4Proto-Italicflōsflower, blossom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-sflower, blossom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Finnish sipuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsipulionion, "Allium cepa"; onion; onion, Allium
2Old Swedishsipulred onion
3Middle Low Germansipolle—
4Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →