Where does “mantelilastu” come from?

mantelilastu (Finnish) comes from Finnish manteli, from Swedish mandel, from German mandel, from Middle High German mandel, from Old High German mandala, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη — almond; peach stone.

mantelilastu (Finnish): almond flake

Definitions

  1. almond flake

Ancestry of “mantelilastu”, step by step

mantelilastu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish manteli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmantelialmond
2Swedishmandelan almond, a kind of nut; a tonsil
3Germanmandelalmond
4Middle High Germanmandel—
5Old High Germanmandalaalmond
6Latinamygdalaalmond tree; almond; tonsil
7Ancient Greekἀμυγδάληalmond; peach stone

via Finnish lastu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlastushaving; chip; short story
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη →Every word from Latin amygdala →Every word from Old High German mandala →