Where does “maapähkinävoi” come from?
maapähkinävoi (Finnish) comes from Finnish maapähkinä, from Swedish jordnöt, from Swedish nöt, from Old Swedish nut, from Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.
maapähkinävoi (Finnish): peanut butter
Definitions
- peanut butter
Ancestry of “maapähkinävoi”, step by step
maapähkinävoi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maapähkinä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maapähkinä | peanut, groundnut |
| 2 | Swedish | jordnöt | peanut |
| 3 | Swedish | nöt | nut, a hard-shelled seed; a difficult problem;... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | nut | nut |
| 5 | Old Norse | hnot | nut |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hnuts | nut |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | knew- | to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ken- | to arise, begin |