Where does “toffeinen” come from?
toffeinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish toffee, from English toffee, from English Taffy, from Welsh Dafydd, from Middle Welsh Dauyð, from Latin David, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ, from Hebrew דָּוִד.
toffeinen (Finnish): containing or resembling toffee
Definitions
- containing or resembling toffee
Ancestry of “toffeinen”, step by step
toffeinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toffee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toffee | toffee |
| 2 | English | toffee | A type of chewy confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard |
| 3 | English | Taffy | A Welshman |
| 4 | Welsh | Dafydd | David |
| 5 | Middle Welsh | Dauyð | — |
| 6 | Latin | David | David |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Δαυίδ | David |
| 8 | Hebrew | דָּוִד | — |
via Finnish inen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | inen | — |