Where does “valkosipulijauhe” come from?

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

valkosipulijauhe (Finnish): garlic powder

Definitions

  1. garlic powder

Ancestry of “valkosipulijauhe”, step by step

valkosipulijauhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish valkosipuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalkosipuligarlic, "Allium sativum"; garlic
2Swedishvitlökgarlic, Allium sativum
3Swedishlökonion; a genus of plants. See also "Allium"; the...
4Swedishlokomotiva locomotive
5EnglishlocomotiveThe power unit of a train that pulls the coaches...
6Frenchlocomotiflocomotive
7Vulgar Latinmotivusmoving; stirred; moved
8Latinmotusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;...
9Latinmoverepresent active infinitive of moveō; second-person...
10LatinmoveoI move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,...
11Proto-Italicmoweōto move
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-to move

via Finnish jauhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhepowder; in compound terms in which jauhe is the...
2Finnishjauhaato grind, mince, chew; to jabber about silly or...
3Proto-Finnicjauhadakto grind
4Proto-Finno-Permicjaŋša-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-Every word from Proto-Italic moweōEvery word from Latin moveo