Where does “ruusupippuri” come from?

ruusupippuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruusu, from Swedish Ros, from Swedish rosa, from French rosé, from German rosé, from Middle High German rôse, from Old High German rōsa, from Latin Rosa — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

ruusupippuri (Finnish): Peruvian pepper

Definitions

  1. Peruvian pepper

Ancestry of “ruusupippuri”, step by step

ruusupippuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruusu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruusurose; erysipelas
2SwedishRosmostly used in compound names like Ros-Marie
3Swedishrosapink; praise, commend
4Frenchrosépinkish; rosé
5Germanrosépale pink
6Middle High Germanrôserose
7Old High Germanrōsa—
8LatinRosarose
9Ancient Greekῥόδονrose (usually Rosa gallica)
10Old Persianwurdiflower
11Proto-Germanicwurdizfate, destiny
12Proto-Indo-Europeanwrti-—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
14Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Finnish pippuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpippuripepper; pepper, chili
2Old Swedishpipar—
3Latinpiperpepper
4Ancient Greekπέπεριpepper; black pepper
5Sanskritपिप्पलिberry; peppercorn; long pepper
6Sanskritपिप्पलberry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...
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