Where does “silakkamarkkinat” come from?
silakkamarkkinat (Finnish) comes from Finnish silakka, from Swedish sillake, from Swedish lake, from Middle Low German lāke, from Old Saxon laca, from Proto-West Germanic laku, from Finnish lakritsi, from Swedish lakrits.
silakkamarkkinat (Finnish): an annual fair where Baltic herring is sold
Definitions
- an annual fair where Baltic herring is sold
Ancestry of “silakkamarkkinat”, step by step
silakkamarkkinat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish silakka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silakka | Baltic herring, "Clupea harengus membras"; A... |
| 2 | Swedish | sillake | — |
| 3 | Swedish | lake | brine; burbot |
| 4 | Middle Low German | lāke | water pooled in a riverbed; standing water; brine |
| 5 | Old Saxon | laca | lake, stream, brook |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | laku | stream; pool, lake |
| 7 | Finnish | lakritsi | licorice, liquorice |
| 8 | Swedish | lakrits | licorice/liquorice |
| 9 | Late Latin | liquiritia | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γλυκύρριζα | licorice |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | γλυκύς | sweet |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | *dlukús | — |
via Finnish markkinat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | markkinat | market; fair, funfair; Nominative plural form... |
| 2 | Swedish | marknad | market; market; organized trading event; market;... |
| 3 | Old Norse | markaðr | market |
| 4 | Old Saxon | markat | — |
| 5 | Latin | marcātus | — |
| 6 | Latin | mercatus | trade, traffic, buying and selling; market,... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |