Where does “puuvillansiemenöljy” come from?
puuvillansiemenöljy (Finnish) comes from Finnish puuvillansiemen, from Finnish puuvilla, from Finnish villa, from Finnish Vilhelm, from Swedish Vilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.
puuvillansiemenöljy (Finnish): cottonseed oil
Definitions
- cottonseed oil
Ancestry of “puuvillansiemenöljy”, step by step
puuvillansiemenöljy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puuvillansiemen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puuvillansiemen | cotton seed |
| 2 | Finnish | puuvilla | cotton |
| 3 | Finnish | villa | wool; villa |
| 4 | Finnish | Vilhelm | William of foreign historical persons |
| 5 | Swedish | Vilhelm | — |
| 6 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 7 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
via Finnish öljy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | öljy | oil; crude oil; the letter "Ö" in the Finnish... |
| 2 | Finnish | raakaöljy | crude oil |
| 3 | Swedish | råolja | crude oil |
| 4 | Swedish | rå | raw; crude; rough |
| 5 | Swedish | råda | to advise (give advice (to someone)) |
| 6 | Old Swedish | rāþa | to ensure |
| 7 | Old Norse | ráða | to advise, counsel; to consult about, discuss; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaną | to decide, advise |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |