Where does “sokeriruokoviljelmä” come from?
sokeriruokoviljelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sokeriruoko, from Finnish sokeri, from Swedish socker, from Old Swedish soker, from Middle Low German sucker, from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from Italian zucchero — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
sokeriruokoviljelmä (Finnish): sugar cane plantation
Definitions
- sugar cane plantation
Ancestry of “sokeriruokoviljelmä”, step by step
sokeriruokoviljelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sokeriruoko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sokeriruoko | sugar cane, sugarcane |
| 2 | Finnish | sokeri | sugar |
| 3 | Swedish | socker | sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals;... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | soker | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | sucker | sugar |
| 6 | Middle High German | zucker | sugar |
| 7 | Old High German | zuckar | — |
| 8 | Italian | zucchero | sugar; first-person singular indicative present... |
| 9 | Arabic | سُكَّر | — |
| 10 | Persian | شکر | sugar |
| 11 | Middle Persian | škl | sugar |
| 12 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |
via Finnish viljelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viljelmä | plantation; culture |
| 2 | Finnish | viljellä | To cultivate, farm, till; To raise, grow; To... |
| 3 | Finnish | ellä | if |
| 4 | Finnish | Elina | Helen |
| 5 | Finnish | Helena | — |
| 6 | Swedish | Helena | Helen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἑλένη | torch, firebrand; corposant, St. Elmo's fire;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swel- | to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,... |