Where does “sipulikasvi” come from?

sipulikasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish sipuli, from Old Swedish sipul, from Middle Low German sipolle, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

sipulikasvi (Finnish): bulbous plant

Definitions

  1. bulbous plant

Ancestry of “sipulikasvi”, step by step

sipulikasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sipuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsipulionion, "Allium cepa"; onion; onion, Allium
2Old Swedishsipulred onion
3Middle Low Germansipolle—
4Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—
Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin cēpulla →Every word from Middle Low German sipolle →