Where does “tomaatti” come from?

tomaatti (Finnish) comes from Swedish tomat, from Danish tomat, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

tomaatti (Finnish): tomato

Definitions

  1. tomato

Ancestry of “tomaatti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtomattomato
2DanishtomatA tomato
3Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
4Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
5Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

Words derived from “tomaatti

Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma-Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātlEvery word from Spanish tomate