Where does “marmeladimakeinen” come from?
marmeladimakeinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish marmeladi, from French marmelade, from Middle French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada, from Galician marmelo, from Old Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimelum, from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον — small animal”; small animal.
marmeladimakeinen (Finnish): marmalade sweet, marmalade confection
Definitions
- marmalade sweet, marmalade confection
Ancestry of “marmeladimakeinen”, step by step
marmeladimakeinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish marmeladi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | marmeladi | marmalade |
| 2 | French | marmelade | marmalade |
| 3 | Middle French | marmelade | — |
| 4 | Portuguese | marmelada | quince jam, quince cheese |
| 5 | Galician | marmelo | quince |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | marmelo | — |
| 7 | Latin | melimelum | honey apple, sweet apple |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μελίμηλον | geniting, a variety of apple |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |