Where does “rusinakakku” come from?
rusinakakku (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.
rusinakakku (Finnish): raisin cake
Definitions
- raisin cake
Ancestry of “rusinakakku”, step by step
rusinakakku 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 |