Where does “sahramiseitikki” come from?
sahramiseitikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish sahrami, from Swedish saffran, from Middle Low German saffarān, from Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safranum, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان, from Persian زرپران.
sahramiseitikki (Finnish): A webcap, Cortinarius sommerfeltii
Definitions
- A webcap, Cortinarius sommerfeltii
Ancestry of “sahramiseitikki”, step by step
sahramiseitikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sahrami
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sahrami | saffron; crocus |
| 2 | Swedish | saffran | saffron (spice) |
| 3 | Middle Low German | saffarān | — |
| 4 | Old French | safran | saffron |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | safranum | — |
| 6 | Arabic | زَعْفَرَان | saffron |
| 7 | Persian | زرپران | — |
via Finnish seitikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | seitikki | webcap, cortinar |
| 2 | Finnish | seitti | A web spun by an insect, especially a spiderweb;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -tti | Forms some nouns from verbs, particularly... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |