Where does “maustesahrami” come from?
maustesahrami (Finnish) comes from Finnish sahrami, from Swedish saffran, from Middle Low German saffarān, from Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safranum, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان, from Persian زرپران.
maustesahrami (Finnish): saffron, saffron crocus
Definitions
- saffron, saffron crocus
Ancestry of “maustesahrami”, step by step
maustesahrami traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sahrami
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sahrami | saffron; crocus |
| 2 | Swedish | saffran | saffron (spice) |
| 3 | Middle Low German | saffarān | — |
| 4 | Old French | safran | saffron |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | safranum | — |
| 6 | Arabic | زَعْفَرَان | saffron |
| 7 | Persian | زرپران | — |
via Finnish mauste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mauste | flavoring/flavouring, seasoning, flavor/flavour,... |
| 2 | Finnish | maustaa | To season; To spice; To flavour/flavor |
| 3 | Finnish | maku | taste, flavor; sense of taste; flavor of a quark... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | maku | taste, flavour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | smakkuz | taste, savour, smatch, flavour |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | smegʰ- | — |