Where does “tortillalätty” come from?
tortillalätty (Finnish) comes from Finnish lätty, from Swedish plätt, from German Platt, from Middle High German blat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic blad, from Proto-Germanic bladą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlh̥₃oto.
tortillalätty (Finnish): tortilla flat round bread
Definitions
- tortilla flat round bread
Ancestry of “tortillalätty”, step by step
tortillalätty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lätty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lätty | A thin pancake, crepe; A face, especially an ugly... |
| 2 | Swedish | plätt | a small pancake; pancake, of any size; small area... |
| 3 | German | Platt | Low German |
| 4 | Middle High German | blat | leaf |
| 5 | Old High German | blat | leaf |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | blad | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bladą | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlh̥₃oto | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Finnish tortilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tortilla | tortilla; a tortilla-based dish; a burrito;... |
| 2 | Spanish | tortilla | Spanish omelette, tortilla; omelette; tortilla |
| 3 | Old Spanish | tortiella | Diminutive of torta; a small and roundish... |
| 4 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |