Where does “sikurisalaatti” come from?
sikurisalaatti (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.
sikurisalaatti (Finnish): chicory salad
Definitions
- chicory salad
Ancestry of “sikurisalaatti”, step by step
sikurisalaatti 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 |
via Finnish sikuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sikuri | chicory; common chicory, chicory, "Cichorium... |
| 2 | Swedish | cikoria | — |
| 3 | German | Zichorie | chicory (Cichorium intybus) |
| 4 | Italian | cicoria | chicory |
| 5 | Late Latin | cichoria | — |
| 6 | Latin | cichōrium | chicory, succory |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κιχόριον | chicory (Cichorium intybus) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐον | diminutive suffix; "suffix forming... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |