Where does “salaattifenkoli” come from?
salaattifenkoli (Finnish) comes from Finnish salaatti, from Swedish sallad, from French salade, from Italian salada, from Vulgar Latin salata, from Latin Salo, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl — salt.
salaattifenkoli (Finnish): finocchio, Florence fennel, Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable
Definitions
- finocchio, Florence fennel, Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable
Ancestry of “salaattifenkoli”, step by step
salaattifenkoli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish salaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salaatti | salad; lettuce; any plant of the genus "Lactuca" |
| 2 | Swedish | sallad | salad; vegetables consisting of leaves, typically... |
| 3 | French | salade | salad; sallet |
| 4 | Italian | salada | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 6 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 7 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |