Where does “sitruunasooda” come from?
sitruunasooda (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.
sitruunasooda (Finnish): lemonade
Definitions
- lemonade
Ancestry of “sitruunasooda”, step by step
sitruunasooda 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 sooda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sooda | washing soda, sodium carbonate; incorrect term... |
| 2 | Spanish | sota | jack, knave; insolent woman; hussy; harlot |
| 3 | Catalan | sota | under, underneath, below, beneath; below,... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | subta | — |
| 5 | Latin | subtus | below, underneath, beneath |
| 6 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |