Where does “nakkikastike” come from?
nakkikastike (Finnish) comes from Finnish nakki, from Swedish snäcka, from Middle High German snëgge, from Old High German sneggo, from Proto-Germanic sneggô, from Proto-Germanic -gô — Appended to verbs and adjectives to create nouns,...
nakkikastike (Finnish): a sauce in which frankfurters or wiener sausages are a main ingredient; hot dog sauce, frankfurter sauce, wiener sauce
Definitions
- a sauce in which frankfurters or wiener sausages are a main ingredient; hot dog sauce, frankfurter sauce, wiener sauce
Ancestry of “nakkikastike”, step by step
nakkikastike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nakki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nakki | wiener, frankfurter, hot dog; "nakit silmillä" =... |
| 2 | Swedish | snäcka | seashell; cochlea; a small earphone, to be placed... |
| 3 | Middle High German | snëgge | — |
| 4 | Old High German | sneggo | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sneggô | snail |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gô | Appended to verbs and adjectives to create nouns,... |
via Finnish kastike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kastike | sauce; gravy; dressing |
| 2 | Finnish | kastaa | to dip, sop; to baptize/baptise |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kastadak | to wet, to soak; to dip, to immerse |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |