Where does “turnipsipelto” come from?
turnipsipelto (Finnish) comes from Finnish turnipsi, from Swedish turnips, from English turnip, from English turnepe, from Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus, from Ancient Greek νᾶπυ.
turnipsipelto (Finnish): forage turnip field, field growing forage turnips
Definitions
- forage turnip field, field growing forage turnips
Ancestry of “turnipsipelto”, step by step
turnipsipelto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish turnipsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | turnipsi | The varieties of turnip grown primarily as fodder |
| 2 | Swedish | turnips | — |
| 3 | English | turnip | The white root of a yellow-flowered plant,... |
| 4 | English | turnepe | — |
| 5 | Middle English | nepe | turnip |
| 6 | Old English | nǣp | turnip, rape |
| 7 | Latin | nāpus | turnip, field mustard (Brassica rapa) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | νᾶπυ | mustard |
| 9 | Demotic | snwpt | — |