Where does “sipulirengas” come from?

sipulirengas (Finnish) comes from Finnish rengas, from Proto-Finnic rengas, from Proto-Germanic hrengaz, from Proto-Germanic hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sipulirengas (Finnish): onion ring

Definitions

  1. onion ring

Ancestry of “sipulirengas”, step by step

sipulirengas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rengas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrengasring, loop, hoop; tyre, tire; ring
2Proto-Finnicrengasring, hoop
3Proto-Germanichrengazring
4Proto-Germanichringazring, circle; curve; sound, ring
5Proto-Indo-European(s)krengʰ-to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)krengʰ- →