Where does “muskottipähkinä” come from?
muskottipähkinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish muskotti, from Swedish muskot, from Middle High German muscāt, from Old French muscate, from Medieval Latin muscata, from Latin muscātus, from Latin mūscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος — mouse.
muskottipähkinä (Finnish): nutmeg aromatic seed of a nutmeg tree
Definitions
- nutmeg aromatic seed of a nutmeg tree
Ancestry of “muskottipähkinä”, step by step
muskottipähkinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muskotti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muskotti | nutmeg |
| 2 | Swedish | muskot | nutmeg, Myristica fragrans |
| 3 | Middle High German | muscāt | — |
| 4 | Old French | muscate | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | muscata | nutmeg |
| 6 | Latin | muscātus | — |
| 7 | Latin | mūscus | moss |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μόσχος | young shoot or twig; leafstalk, petiole; calf,... |
| 9 | Middle Persian | mwšk' | musk |
| 10 | Sanskrit | मुष्क | testicle, scrotum |
| 11 | Sanskrit | मूष् | mouse; "stealer", "thief" |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | múh₂s | mouse |