Where does “maalaisperunalastu” come from?
maalaisperunalastu (Finnish) comes from Finnish maalainen, from Finnish lainen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
maalaisperunalastu (Finnish): rustic potato chip
Definitions
- rustic potato chip
Ancestry of “maalaisperunalastu”, step by step
maalaisperunalastu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maalainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maalainen | countryman, rustic; rural, rustic; originating... |
| 2 | Finnish | lainen | that is like; -like |
| 3 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 4 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish perunalastu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perunalastu | potato chip US, potato crisp UK |
| 2 | Finnish | peruna | potato, "Solanum tuberosum" |
| 3 | Swedish | jordpäron | potato |
| 4 | Swedish | jord | earth, soil; a rock- or sand-based unconsolidated... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | iorþ | earth, land |
| 6 | Old Norse | jǫrð | earth |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | erþō | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |