Where does “perunalumi” come from?

perunalumi (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.

perunalumi (Finnish): an airy side dish made of grated or strained floury potatoes, somewhat resembling mashed potatoes

Definitions

  1. an airy side dish made of grated or strained floury potatoes, somewhat resembling mashed potatoes

Ancestry of “perunalumi”, step by step

perunalumi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peruna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperunapotato, "Solanum tuberosum"
2Swedishjordpäronpotato
3Swedishjordearth, soil; a rock- or sand-based unconsolidated...
4Old Swedishiorþearth, land
5Old Norsejǫrðearth
6Proto-Germanicerþōearth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Finnish Lumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLumisnow frozen, crystalline state of water that falls as precipitation; sometimes also similar frozen forms of other substances
2Finnishlumisnow
3Proto-Finniclumisnow
4Proto-Uraliclomesnow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →Every word from Proto-Germanic erþō →Every word from Old Norse jǫrð →