Where does “perunakellari” come from?
perunakellari (Finnish) comes from Finnish peruna, from Swedish jordpäron, from Swedish jord, from Old Swedish iorþ, from Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
perunakellari (Finnish): potato cellar
Definitions
- potato cellar
Ancestry of “perunakellari”, step by step
perunakellari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish peruna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peruna | potato, "Solanum tuberosum" |
| 2 | Swedish | jordpäron | potato |
| 3 | Swedish | jord | earth, soil; a rock- or sand-based unconsolidated... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | iorþ | earth, land |
| 5 | Old Norse | jǫrð | earth |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | erþō | earth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |
via Finnish kellari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kellari | A cellar; A storage space in an apartment... |
| 2 | Swedish | källare | basement; cellar |
| 3 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |