Where does “rommiviina” come from?
rommiviina (Finnish) comes from Finnish rommi, from Swedish rom, from English rum, from Ottoman Turkish روم, from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
rommiviina (Finnish): a drink of rum mixed or diluted with something else
Definitions
- a drink of rum mixed or diluted with something else
Ancestry of “rommiviina”, step by step
rommiviina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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... |
via Finnish viina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viina | liquor US, spirits UK distilled alcoholic beverage; rather strong and often clear, such as vodka |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | viina | wine |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wīną | wine |
| 4 | Latin | vīnum | wine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wīnom | wine |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyh₁nom | wine; vine, wine |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weh₁y- | to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,... |