Where does “rapsipelto” come from?
rapsipelto (Finnish) comes from Finnish rapsi, from Swedish raps, from German Raps, from Latin rāpa, from Latin rāpum, from Proto-Indo-European rap-.
rapsipelto (Finnish): canola field, rapeseed field field of
Definitions
- canola field, rapeseed field field of
Ancestry of “rapsipelto”, step by step
rapsipelto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rapsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rapsi | rapeseed; Third-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Swedish | raps | rapeseed |
| 3 | German | Raps | rapeseed; plural of Rap |
| 4 | Latin | rāpa | — |
| 5 | Latin | rāpum | turnip |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | rap- | — |
via Finnish pelto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pelto | field |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | pelto | field |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | felþuz | field, plain |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |