Where does “ryppylimetti” come from?

ryppylimetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish limetti, from French limette, from French lime, from Latin lima, from Spanish lima, from Spanish Limón, from Arabic لَيْمُون, from Persian لیمو.

ryppylimetti (Finnish): makrut lime, kaffir lime

Definitions

  1. makrut lime, kaffir lime

Ancestry of “ryppylimetti”, step by step

ryppylimetti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish limetti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlimettilime citrus tree, its green fruit
2Frenchlimettesweet lime
3Frenchlimefile; lime
4Latinlimafile
5Spanishlimalime; lemon; file
6SpanishLimónlemon
7Arabicلَيْمُونlemon, lime
8Persianلیموlemon; lime
9Sanskritनिम्बूcommon lime or lemon
10Mundarilembu

via Finnish ryppy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryppywrinkle; crinkle; crease
2Proto-Finnicrüppü
Every word from Mundari lembuEvery word from Sanskrit निम्बूEvery word from Persian لیمو