Where does “sitrusraastin” come from?

sitrusraastin (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.

sitrusraastin (Finnish): zester

Definitions

  1. zester

Ancestry of “sitrusraastin”, step by step

sitrusraastin 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 raastin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraastingrater
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Ancient Greek κέδρος →Every word from Greek κέδρος →Every word from Latin cī̆trus →