Where does “tillikastike” come from?
tillikastike (Finnish) comes from Finnish tilli, from Swedish dill, from Old Swedish dil, from Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic duljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
tillikastike (Finnish): dill sauce
Definitions
- dill sauce
Ancestry of “tillikastike”, step by step
tillikastike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tilli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tilli | dill, "Anethum graveolens", syn. Peucedanum... |
| 2 | Swedish | dill | the herb dill |
| 3 | Old Swedish | dil | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | dylja | to hide, to conceal |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | duljaną | to mislead |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Finnish kastike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kastike | sauce; gravy; dressing |
| 2 | Finnish | kastaa | to dip, sop; to baptize/baptise |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kastadak | to wet, to soak; to dip, to immerse |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |