Where does “vadelmapiirakka” come from?
vadelmapiirakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish vadelma, from Finnish -lma, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
vadelmapiirakka (Finnish): raspberry pie
Ancestry of “vadelmapiirakka”, step by step
vadelmapiirakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vadelma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vadelma | raspberry, "Rubus idaeus" |
| 2 | Finnish | -lma | Forms nouns, mostly from verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |
via Finnish piirakka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piirakka | pie; pierogi, pirog; pasty |
| 2 | Russian | пиро́г | pie |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | пирогъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pirogъ | type of pie? |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | pirъ | fest; party |