Where does “rommirusina” come from?
rommirusina (Finnish) comes from Finnish rusina, from Swedish russin, from Dutch Rus, from Dutch rechercheur, from Dutch recherche, from French recherché, from French rechercher, from Old French recerchier — to pull, to draw; to lead.
rommirusina (Finnish): rum raisin
Definitions
- rum raisin
Ancestry of “rommirusina”, step by step
rommirusina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rusina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rusina | raisin; old woman |
| 2 | Swedish | russin | a raisin |
| 3 | Dutch | Rus | Russian; detective |
| 4 | Dutch | rechercheur | police detective, police investigator |
| 5 | Dutch | recherche | criminal-investigation unit or department of a... |
| 6 | French | recherché | past participle of rechercher; sought-after |
| 7 | French | rechercher | to search for, to look for; to search again, to... |
| 8 | Old French | recerchier | to search; to look for |
| 9 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 10 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 11 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 12 | Latin | dūcō | to lead, guide, conduct, lead away |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | doukō | lead |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | déwketi | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |
via Finnish rommi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rommi | rum liquor |
| 2 | Swedish | rom | roe; rum; a Romani person |
| 3 | English | rum | A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | روم | Various other areas of the Ottoman Empire full of "Roman" (i.e. Byzantine Greek) people, particularly central Anatolia |
| 5 | Arabic | رُوم | Byzantines |
| 6 | Middle Persian | 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 | Rome; Byzantine |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ῥωμανία | Byzantine Empire |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |