Where does “tuoksusamettikukka” come from?
tuoksusamettikukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish samettikukka, from Finnish sametti, from Swedish sammet, from Middle Low German sammet, from Old French samit, from Latin samitum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάμιτον, from Ancient Greek ἕξ — six.
Ancestry of “tuoksusamettikukka”, step by step
tuoksusamettikukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish samettikukka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | samettikukka | marigold |
| 2 | Finnish | sametti | velvet |
| 3 | Swedish | sammet | velvet |
| 4 | Middle Low German | sammet | — |
| 5 | Old French | samit | samite |
| 6 | Latin | samitum | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἑξάμιτον | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἕξ | six |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | hwéks | cardinal... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |
via Finnish tuoksu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuoksu | aroma, odour, smell, scent, whiff; fragrance,... |
| 2 | Finnish | tuoksua | To smell; Partitive singular form of tuoksu |
| 3 | Finnish | tuoda | to bring, get; to import |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | toodak | to bring |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | toxe- | to bring, give |
| 6 | Hungarian | -ik | Specifies "which" one of a specific set of... |