Where does “länsirannikonsalaatti” come from?
länsirannikonsalaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish salaatti, from Swedish sallad, from French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl — salt.
länsirannikonsalaatti (Finnish): west coast salad Swedish type of salad containing shrimp and clams
Definitions
- west coast salad Swedish type of salad containing shrimp and clams
Ancestry of “länsirannikonsalaatti”, step by step
länsirannikonsalaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish salaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salaatti | salad; lettuce; any plant of the genus "Lactuca" |
| 2 | Swedish | sallad | salad; vegetables consisting of leaves, typically... |
| 3 | French | salade | salad; sallet |
| 4 | Italian | salada | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 6 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 7 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Finnish länsirannikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | länsirannikko | western coast, west coast |
| 2 | Finnish | rannikko | coast |
| 3 | Finnish | Ranta | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 4 | Finnish | ranta | shore; beach; bank |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | ranta | shore, coast |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | strandō | edge; rim; shore, strand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)trAnt- | strand, border, field |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |