Where does “kurkkutabletti” come from?

kurkkutabletti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurkku, from Swedish gurka, from Low German Gurk, from Middle Low German augurke, from Polish ogórek, from Greek άγουρος, from Ancient Greek ἄωρος, from Ancient Greek ἀ- — together, one.

kurkkutabletti (Finnish): throat pill pill for disinfection of the throat

Definitions

  1. throat pill pill for disinfection of the throat

Ancestry of “kurkkutabletti”, step by step

kurkkutabletti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kurkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurkkuthroat; beard; cucumber
2Swedishgurkaa cucumber
3Low GermanGurkcucumber
4Middle Low Germanaugurke
5Polishogórekcucumber; gherkin
6Greekάγουροςunripe, green; immature; inexperienced
7Ancient Greekἄωροςuntimely, unseasonable; unripe; without youthful...
8Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
9Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
10Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
11Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Finnish tabletti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtablettipill, tablet; place mat; tablet, tablet computer
2Swedishtabletta tablet or pill
3Frenchtablettetablet; bar
4Old Frenchtabletesmall table; a board to be written on; tablet
5Old French-etévariant of -té
6Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
7Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-
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