Where does “suklaaströsseli” come from?
suklaaströsseli (Finnish) comes from Finnish strösseli, from German Streusel, from German -sel, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
suklaaströsseli (Finnish): chocolate sprinkles
Definitions
- chocolate sprinkles
Ancestry of “suklaaströsseli”, step by step
suklaaströsseli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish strösseli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | strösseli | hundreds and thousands UK, sprinkles US tiny bits of colored sugar, chocolate and/or other candy used as decoration on baked goods, desserts and candy |
| 2 | German | Streusel | streusel |
| 3 | German | -sel | Creates nouns from verbs, meaning something which... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -islī | Used to form nouns from verbs denoting something... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
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 | — |