Where does “rommitoti” come from?
rommitoti (Finnish) comes from Finnish toti, from English toddy, from Hindi ताड़ी, from Hindi ताड़, from Hindi ताड़ना, from Sanskrit ताडयति, from Sanskrit -अयति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-áyati — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
rommitoti (Finnish): rum toddy, hot toddy
Definitions
- rum toddy, hot toddy
Ancestry of “rommitoti”, step by step
rommitoti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toti | hot toddy, toddy, grog |
| 2 | English | toddy | Clipping of hot toddy; The sweet sap from any of... |
| 3 | Hindi | ताड़ी | palm tree sap; toddy |
| 4 | Hindi | ताड़ | palmyra, Borassus flabellifer |
| 5 | Hindi | ताड़ना | to beat, punish |
| 6 | Sanskrit | ताडयति | to beat, strike, punish |
| 7 | Sanskrit | -अयति | causative suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *-áyati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
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... |