Where does “sinappikurkkusalaatti” come from?
sinappikurkkusalaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurkkusalaatti, from Finnish kurkku, from Swedish gurka, from Low German Gurk, from Middle Low German augurke, from Polish ogórek, from Greek άγουρος, from Ancient Greek ἄωρος — together, one.
sinappikurkkusalaatti (Finnish): mustard relish, mustard pickle relish
Definitions
- mustard relish, mustard pickle relish
Ancestry of “sinappikurkkusalaatti”, step by step
sinappikurkkusalaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kurkkusalaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kurkkusalaatti | (pickle) relish |
| 2 | Finnish | kurkku | throat; beard; cucumber |
| 3 | Swedish | gurka | a cucumber |
| 4 | Low German | Gurk | cucumber |
| 5 | Middle Low German | augurke | — |
| 6 | Polish | ogórek | cucumber; gherkin |
| 7 | Greek | άγουρος | unripe, green; immature; inexperienced |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἄωρος | untimely, unseasonable; unripe; without youthful... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |