Where does “tomaattipyree” come from?

tomaattipyree (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyree, from French purée, from Middle French puree, from Old French puree, from French purer, from Old French purer, from Latin purare, from Latin pūrus — to be clean, pure.

tomaattipyree (Finnish): tomato purée, tomato paste

Definitions

  1. tomato purée, tomato paste

Ancestry of “tomaattipyree”, step by step

tomaattipyree traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyree

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyreepuree
2Frenchpuréepuree; feminine singular of the past participle...
3Middle Frenchpuree
4Old Frenchpuree
5Frenchpurerto make pure
6Old Frenchpurerto purify
7Latinpurare
8Latinpūrusclear, limpid
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Finnish tomaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtomaattitomato
2Swedishtomattomato
3DanishtomatA tomato
4Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
5Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
6Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Latin pūrusEvery word from Latin purare