Where does “sekahedelmäkiisseli” come from?
sekahedelmäkiisseli (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiisseli, from Russian кисе́ль, from Old East Slavic кысель, from Proto-Slavic kyselь, from Proto-Slavic kysnǫti — to become/get wet; to become/turn sour.
sekahedelmäkiisseli (Finnish): mixed fruit soup, fruit soup
Definitions
- mixed fruit soup, fruit soup
Ancestry of “sekahedelmäkiisseli”, step by step
sekahedelmäkiisseli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kiisseli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiisseli | kisel, kissel; custard, fool |
| 2 | Russian | кисе́ль | kisel, kissel (a popular jellied dessert made by cooking berry juice or other fruit juice with milk, flour and oatmeal, thickened with starch) |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | кысель | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kyselь | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | kysnǫti | to become/get wet; to become/turn sour |