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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kurkku | throat; beard; cucumber |
| 2 | Swedish | gurka | a cucumber |
| 3 | Low German | Gurk | cucumber |
| 4 | Middle Low German | augurke | — |
| 5 | Polish | ogórek | cucumber; gherkin |
| 6 | Greek | άγουρος | unripe, green; immature; inexperienced |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄωρος | untimely, unseasonable; unripe; without youthful... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Finnish tabletti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tabletti | pill, tablet; place mat; tablet, tablet computer |
| 2 | Swedish | tablett | a tablet or pill |
| 3 | French | tablette | tablet; bar |
| 4 | Old French | tablete | small table; a board to be written on; tablet |
| 5 | Old French | -eté | variant of -té |
| 6 | Latin | -ittus | diminutive suffix, used to create nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |