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Where does “sikuri” come from?

sikuri (Finnish) comes from Swedish cikoria, from German Zichorie, from Italian cicoria, from Late Latin cichoria, from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχόριον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

sikuri (Finnish): chicory; common chicory, chicory, "Cichorium...

Definitions

  1. chicory; common chicory, chicory, "Cichorium...

Ancestry of “sikuri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishcikoria—
2GermanZichorie—
3Italiancicoriachicory
4Late Latincichoria—
5Latincichōrium—
6Ancient Greekκιχόριον—
7Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “sikuri”

  • juurisikuri
  • salaattisikuri
  • sikurirousku
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