Where does “tomaattikastike” come from?
tomaattikastike (Finnish) comes from Finnish tomaatti, from Swedish tomat, from Danish tomat, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.
tomaattikastike (Finnish): tomato sauce
Definitions
- tomato sauce
Ancestry of “tomaattikastike”, step by step
tomaattikastike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tomaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tomaatti | tomato |
| 2 | Swedish | tomat | tomato |
| 3 | Danish | tomat | A tomato |
| 4 | Spanish | tomate | tomato; tomatillo; hole |
| 5 | Classical Nahuatl | tomātl | tomato |
| 6 | Proto-Nahuan | *toma- | tomatillo |
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... |