Where does “kylmäkellari” come from?
kylmäkellari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kellari, from Swedish källare, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
kylmäkellari (Finnish): basement cold room, cold cellar; a room used to store certain food items, such as one available communally to the residents of a block of flats / an apartment building
Definitions
- basement cold room, cold cellar; a room used to store certain food items, such as one available communally to the residents of a block of flats / an apartment building
Ancestry of “kylmäkellari”, step by step
kylmäkellari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kellari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kellari | A cellar; A storage space in an apartment... |
| 2 | Swedish | källare | basement; cellar |
| 3 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |