Where does “sitruunakastike” come from?
sitruunakastike (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.
sitruunakastike (Finnish): lemon sauce
Definitions
- lemon sauce
Ancestry of “sitruunakastike”, step by step
sitruunakastike 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 kastike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kastike | sauce; gravy; dressing |
| 2 | Finnish | kastaa | to dip, sop; to baptize/baptise |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kastadak | to wet, to soak; to dip, to immerse |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |