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Where does “unelmatorttu” come from?

unelmatorttu (Finnish) comes from Finnish torttu, from Swedish tårta, from French tarte, from German torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

unelmatorttu (Finnish): A type of Swiss roll where cocoa is mixed into...

Definitions

  1. A type of Swiss roll where cocoa is mixed into...

Ancestry of “unelmatorttu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorttutart, pie; turd
2Swedishtårtaa torte, a cake, a layered cake; to throw a cake...
3Frenchtartepie, tart; slap; something easy to do
4Germantorteinflection of torten: ## first-person singular...
5Italiantortapie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of...
6Late Latintorta—
7Latintorta panistwisted bread
8Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
9Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
10Proto-Italic-tus—
11Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →