Where does “suklaapäällyste” come from?
suklaapäällyste (Finnish) comes from Finnish suklaa, from Swedish choklad, from French chocolat, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.
suklaapäällyste (Finnish): chocolate coating
Definitions
- chocolate coating
Ancestry of “suklaapäällyste”, step by step
suklaapäällyste 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 päällyste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päällyste | pavement, paving; flooring, covering, pavement;... |
| 2 | Finnish | päällystää | To coat, overlay, pave |
| 3 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 4 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |