Where does “lihapullakastike” come from?
lihapullakastike (Finnish) comes from Finnish lihapulla, from Finnish pulla, from Swedish bulle, from Old Norse bolli, from Proto-Germanic bullô, from Proto-Germanic ballô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
lihapullakastike (Finnish): meatball sauce
Definitions
- meatball sauce
Ancestry of “lihapullakastike”, step by step
lihapullakastike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lihapulla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lihapulla | meatball |
| 2 | Finnish | pulla | cardamom bread, "also" pulla; ball; as headword... |
| 3 | Swedish | bulle | a bun; a small bread roll; a taxi, a cab |
| 4 | Old Norse | bolli | goblet, cup |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bullô | round object; ball; bowl |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ballô | ball |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Finnish kastike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kastike | sauce; gravy; dressing |
| 2 | Finnish | kastaa | to dip, sop; to baptize/baptise |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kastadak | to wet, to soak; to dip, to immerse |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |