Where does “silakkapihvi” come from?
silakkapihvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pihvi, from Swedish biff, from English beef, from Middle English bef, from Old French buef, from Latin bōs, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus — army.
silakkapihvi (Finnish): herring fillet, Baltic herring fillet
Definitions
- herring fillet, Baltic herring fillet
Ancestry of “silakkapihvi”, step by step
silakkapihvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pihvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pihvi | steak; patty |
| 2 | Swedish | biff | a steak, a beefsteak |
| 3 | English | beef | The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine; A... |
| 4 | Middle English | bef | beef; cow flesh or meat; A bovine or its carcass |
| 5 | Old French | buef | cow |
| 6 | Latin | bōs | head of cattle (cow, bull, steer, or ox) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 8 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
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 | — |