Where does “valkosipuli” come from?

valkosipuli (Finnish) comes from Swedish vitlök, from Swedish lök, from Swedish lokomotiv, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere — to move.

valkosipuli (Finnish): garlic, "Allium sativum"; garlic

Definitions

  1. garlic, "Allium sativum"; garlic

Ancestry of “valkosipuli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishvitlökgarlic, Allium sativum
2Swedishlökonion; a genus of plants. See also "Allium"; the...
3Swedishlokomotiva locomotive
4EnglishlocomotiveThe power unit of a train that pulls the coaches...
5Frenchlocomotiflocomotive
6Vulgar Latinmotivusmoving; stirred; moved
7Latinmotusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;...
8Latinmoverepresent active infinitive of moveō; second-person...
9LatinmoveoI move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,...
10Proto-Italicmoweōto move
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

Words derived from “valkosipuli

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-Every word from Proto-Italic moweōEvery word from Latin moveo