Where does “pippurisirotin” come from?

pippurisirotin (Finnish) comes from Finnish pippuri, from Old Swedish pipar, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι, from Sanskrit पिप्पलि, from Sanskrit पिप्पल — berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...

pippurisirotin (Finnish): A pepper shaker

Definitions

  1. A pepper shaker

Ancestry of “pippurisirotin”, step by step

pippurisirotin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pippuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpippuripepper; pepper, chili
2Old Swedishpipar
3Latinpiperpepper
4Ancient Greekπέπεριpepper; black pepper
5Sanskritपिप्पलिberry; peppercorn; long pepper
6Sanskritपिप्पलberry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...

via Finnish sirotin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsirotinshaker; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnishsirottaato scatter, spread, sprinkle
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Sanskrit पिप्पलEvery word from Sanskrit पिप्पलिEvery word from Ancient Greek πέπερι
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