Where does “pastellinsininen” come from?
pastellinsininen (Finnish) comes from Finnish pastelli, from French pastel, from Italian pastello, from Latin pastellum, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω — to shake.
pastellinsininen (Finnish): pastel blue
Definitions
- pastel blue
Ancestry of “pastellinsininen”, step by step
pastellinsininen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pastelli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pastelli | pastel |
| 2 | French | pastel | woad; pastel |
| 3 | Italian | pastello | pastel |
| 4 | Latin | pastellum | dough, paste |
| 5 | Latin | pasta | paste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παστά | barley porridge |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παστός | sprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πάσσω | I sprinkle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |