Where does “satokaali” come from?
satokaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaali, from Old Swedish kāl, from Old Norse kál, from Old English cāwel, from Proto-West Germanic *kauli, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós.
satokaali (Finnish): Brassica rapa, the plant that yields turnips, field mustard (oil), etc
Definitions
- Brassica rapa, the plant that yields turnips, field mustard (oil), etc
Ancestry of “satokaali”, step by step
satokaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaali | cabbage; Brassica, a plant genus in Brassicaceae;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kāl | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kál | cabbage, kale |
| 4 | Old English | cāwel | colewort |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *kauli | cabbage, colewort |
| 6 | Latin | caulis | dative plural of caulae; ablative plural of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | καυλός | stem, stalk; shaft |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂ulós | — |
via Finnish sato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sato | harvest, crop |
| 2 | Finnish | sataa | to precipitate to have water in the air fall to the ground: to rain, snow, sleet, hail |
| 3 | North Frisian | iir | year |
| 4 | Old Frisian | iēr | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |