Where does “tartarvoileipä” come from?
tartarvoileipä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tartar, from French Tartare, from Middle French tartar, from Old French Tartar, from Medieval Latin tartarus, from Latin tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος, from Ancient Greek Ταρτησσός.
tartarvoileipä (Finnish): tartare sandwich
Definitions
- tartare sandwich
Ancestry of “tartarvoileipä”, step by step
tartarvoileipä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tartar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tartar | tartare; A dish prepared with finely chopped, raw... |
| 2 | French | Tartare | Tartar; Tatar |
| 3 | Middle French | tartar | Tartar (of or relating to any of several Turkic groups) |
| 4 | Old French | Tartar | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | tartarus | Tatar |
| 6 | Latin | tartarus | A river of Venetia that used to flow into the Adriatic Sea, now called Tartaro |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Τάρταρος | Tartarus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ταρτησσός | Tartessus; Tartessos |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἡράκλειοι Στῆλαι | — |