Where does “suklaakiisseli” come from?
suklaakiisseli (Finnish) comes from Finnish suklaa, from Swedish choklad, from French chocolat, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.
suklaakiisseli (Finnish): chocolate kisel
Definitions
- chocolate kisel
Ancestry of “suklaakiisseli”, step by step
suklaakiisseli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suklaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suklaa | chocolate |
| 2 | Swedish | choklad | chocolate |
| 3 | French | chocolat | chocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;... |
| 4 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 5 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | A drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others) |
| 6 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |
via Finnish kiisseli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiisseli | kisel, kissel; custard, fool |
| 2 | Russian | кисе́ль | kisel, kissel (a popular jellied dessert made by cooking berry juice or other fruit juice with milk, flour and oatmeal, thickened with starch) |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | кысель | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kyselь | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | kysnǫti | to become/get wet; to become/turn sour |