Where does “tammenlehtisalaatti” come from?
tammenlehtisalaatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tammenlehti, from Finnish tammi, from Swedish damspel, from French dame, from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina, from Latin Dominus — to build; to arrange, to put together.
tammenlehtisalaatti (Finnish): curled lettuce, Lactuca sativa var. crispa
Definitions
- curled lettuce, Lactuca sativa var. crispa
Ancestry of “tammenlehtisalaatti”, step by step
tammenlehtisalaatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tammenlehti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tammenlehti | oak leaf |
| 2 | Finnish | tammi | oak; pedunculate oak, "Quercus robur"; checkers,... |
| 3 | Swedish | damspel | checkers |
| 4 | French | dame | A lady; A polite form of address for a woman;... |
| 5 | Old French | dame | lady; woman |
| 6 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 7 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 8 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 9 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
via Finnish salaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | salaatti | salad; lettuce; any plant of the genus "Lactuca" |
| 2 | Swedish | sallad | salad; vegetables consisting of leaves, typically... |
| 3 | French | salade | salad; sallet |
| 4 | Italian | salada | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salata | salted |
| 6 | Latin | Salo | that flows near Bilbilis and then into the Iberus, now the Jalón |
| 7 | Latin | saliō | to leap, jump, bound |
| 8 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |