Where does “vaniljatanko” come from?

vaniljatanko (Finnish) comes from Finnish vanilja, from French vanille, from Spanish vainilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

vaniljatanko (Finnish): vanilla bean, vanilla pod

Definitions

  1. vanilla bean, vanilla pod

Ancestry of “vaniljatanko”, step by step

vaniljatanko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vanilja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaniljavanilla
2Frenchvanillevanilla
3Spanishvainillavanilla; vanilla sex; ladyfinger
4Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
5Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
6Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
7Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos
10Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish tanko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtankorod, bar, pole, staff; barre; billet
2Old Swedishstang
3Old Norsestǫngstaff, pole; standard-pole
4Latinstancus
5Latinstānticustired
6Latinstānsstanding
7Latinstōto stand
8Proto-Italicstaēōstand
9Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
10Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Spanish -illa
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