Where does “sitrushedelmä” come from?

sitrushedelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sitrus, from Swedish citrus, from Latin cī̆trus, from Greek κέδρος, from Ancient Greek κέδρος — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.

sitrushedelmä (Finnish): citrus fruit

Definitions

  1. citrus fruit

Ancestry of “sitrushedelmä”, step by step

sitrushedelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sitrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsitruscitrus, citrus fruit; citrus, citrus tree
2Swedishcitruscitrus (any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus)
3Latincī̆truscitron tree
4Greekκέδροςcedar
5Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil

via Finnish hedelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhedelmäfruit
2Proto-Finnicheidelmä
Every word from Ancient Greek κέδροςEvery word from Greek κέδροςEvery word from Latin cī̆trus