Where does “sitruunaheinä” come from?
sitruunaheinä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sitruuna, from Swedish citron, from French citron, from German zitrone, from Italian citrone, from Latin citron, from Ancient Greek κίτρον, from Latin citrum — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.
Ancestry of “sitruunaheinä”, step by step
sitruunaheinä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sitruuna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sitruuna | lemon |
| 2 | Swedish | citron | a lemon |
| 3 | French | citron | lemon; lime; brimstone |
| 4 | German | zitrone | lemon fruit |
| 5 | Italian | citrone | citron |
| 6 | Latin | citron | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κίτρον | fruit of the citron tree |
| 8 | Latin | citrum | nominative neuter singular of citer; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | cī̆trus | citron tree |
| 10 | Greek | κέδρος | cedar |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | κέδρος | cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil |
via Finnish heinä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heinä | hay; grass; any similar plant, such as sedge |
| 2 | Finnish | kangas | cloth, fabric or textile; material; A soil type:... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kangas | cloth, fabric |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |