Where does “valkopippuri” come from?

valkopippuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish pippuri, from Old Swedish pipar, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι, from Sanskrit पिप्पलि, from Sanskrit पिप्पल — berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...

valkopippuri (Finnish): white pepper

Definitions

  1. white pepper

Ancestry of “valkopippuri”, step by step

valkopippuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pippuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpippuripepper; pepper, chili
2Old Swedishpipar
3Latinpiperpepper
4Ancient Greekπέπεριpepper; black pepper
5Sanskritपिप्पलिberry; peppercorn; long pepper
6Sanskritपिप्पलberry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...

via Finnish valkoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalkoinenwhite; Caucasian; A white colour
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Sanskrit पिप्पलEvery word from Sanskrit पिप्पलिEvery word from Ancient Greek πέπερι
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