Where does “ruohosipuli” come from?

ruohosipuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish sipuli, from Old Swedish sipul, from Middle Low German sipolle, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

ruohosipuli (Finnish): chive, "Allium schoenoprasum"

Definitions

  1. chive, "Allium schoenoprasum"

Ancestry of “ruohosipuli”, step by step

ruohosipuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sipuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsipulionion, "Allium cepa"; onion; onion, Allium
2Old Swedishsipulred onion
3Middle Low Germansipolle
4Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

via Finnish ruoho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruohograss mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen
2Proto-Finnicroohograss
3Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “ruohosipuli

Every word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin cēpullaEvery word from Middle Low German sipolle
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