Where does “piparkakkupossu” come from?
piparkakkupossu (Finnish) comes from Finnish possu, from Finnish porsas, from Proto-Finnic porcas, from Romanian porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic porkos, from Proto-Indo-European pórḱos, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ- — passed , crossed.
piparkakkupossu (Finnish): a pig-shaped gingerbread
Definitions
- a pig-shaped gingerbread
Ancestry of “piparkakkupossu”, step by step
piparkakkupossu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish possu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | possu | piggy, pig, piglet; a slovenly person; pork |
| 2 | Finnish | porsas | A piglet; Pork; A pig in the sense of messy,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | porcas | piglet |
| 4 | Romanian | porc | pig (mammal of genus Sus), hog, swine |
| 5 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Finnish piparkakku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piparkakku | gingerbread, gingersnap, ginger biscuit |
| 2 | Swedish | pepparkaka | Certain types of gingersnap or gingerbread,... |
| 3 | Swedish | peppar | pepper |
| 4 | Old Norse | piparr | pepper |
| 5 | Old Saxon | *pipar | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *pipar | pepper |
| 7 | Latin | piper | pepper |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πέπερι | pepper; black pepper |
| 9 | Sanskrit | पिप्पलि | berry; peppercorn; long pepper |
| 10 | Sanskrit | पिप्पल | berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind... |