Where does “persiljanippu” come from?

persiljanippu (Finnish) comes from Finnish persilja, from Swedish persilja, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος, from Ancient Greek πέτρος — rock, stone, boulder; type of reed.

persiljanippu (Finnish): bunch of parsley

Definitions

  1. bunch of parsley

Ancestry of “persiljanippu”, step by step

persiljanippu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish persilja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpersiljaparsley, "Petroselinum crispum"; parsley
2Swedishpersiljaparsley
3Ancient Greekπετροσέλινονparsley
4Ancient GreekΠέτροςPeter
5Ancient Greekπέτροςrock, stone, boulder; type of reed

via Finnish nippu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnippubundle, bunch
2Swedishknippabunch
3Swedishknippebunch, bundle
Every word from Ancient Greek πέτρος