Where does “pillisipuli” come from?

pillisipuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish sipuli, from Old Swedish sipul, from Middle Low German sipolle, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

pillisipuli (Finnish): spring onion, Japanese bunching onion, scallion,...

Definitions

  1. spring onion, Japanese bunching onion, scallion,...

Ancestry of “pillisipuli”, step by step

pillisipuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sipuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsipulionion, "Allium cepa"; onion; onion, Allium
2Old Swedishsipulred onion
3Middle Low Germansipolle
4Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

via Finnish pilli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilliwhistle; pipe; drinking straw, straw
2Proto-Finnicpillipipe, flute (instrument)
Every word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin cēpullaEvery word from Middle Low German sipolle