Where does “tatsoikaali” come from?

tatsoikaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaali, from Old Swedish kāl, from Old Norse kál, from Old English cāwel, from Proto-West Germanic *kauli, from Latin caulis, from Ancient Greek καυλός, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós.

tatsoikaali (Finnish): tatsoi

Definitions

  1. tatsoi

Ancestry of “tatsoikaali”, step by step

tatsoikaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaalicabbage; Brassica, a plant genus in Brassicaceae;...
2Old Swedishkāl—
3Old Norsekálcabbage, kale
4Old Englishcāwelcolewort
5Proto-West Germanic*kaulicabbage, colewort
6Latincaulisdative plural of caulae; ablative plural of...
7Ancient Greekκαυλόςstem, stalk; shaft
8Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂ulós—

via English tatsoi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtatsoiBrassica rapa subsp. narinosa (syns. Brassica narinosa, Brasica rapa var. narinosa, Brassica rapa var. rosularis), an Asian variety of Brassica rapa grown for greens, lately popular in North American cuisine
2Cantonese塌菜—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂ulós →Every word from Ancient Greek καυλός →Every word from Latin caulis →