Where does “pikkuhietasinappi” come from?
pikkuhietasinappi (Finnish) comes from Finnish hietasinappi, from Finnish hieta, from Ingrian hiki, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka — a place behind.
pikkuhietasinappi (Finnish): annual wall-rocket, Diplotaxis muralis mustard-like plant cultivated for its leaves that may be used in salads to give texture and flavor, one of the plants commercially known as
Definitions
- annual wall-rocket, Diplotaxis muralis mustard-like plant cultivated for its leaves that may be used in salads to give texture and flavor, one of the plants commercially known as
Ancestry of “pikkuhietasinappi”, step by step
pikkuhietasinappi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hietasinappi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hietasinappi | wall rocket plant of the genus Diplotaxis |
| 2 | Finnish | hieta | silt, fine sand |
| 3 | Ingrian | hiki | sweat |
| 4 | Finnish | -stua | Forms translative verbs |
| 5 | Finnish | -staa | Forms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or... |
| 6 | Finnish | saalistaa | to prey, hunt |
| 7 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 8 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 10 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |