Where does “kärkkilatva” come from?

kärkkilatva (Ingrian) comes from Finnish karkki, from Finnish karamelli, from Swedish karamell, from German Karamell, from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, from Latin calamellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

kärkkilatva (Ingrian): having a treetop full with cones

Definitions

  1. having a treetop full with cones

Ancestry of “kärkkilatva”, step by step

kärkkilatva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarkkisweet, candy
2Finnishkaramellisweet, candy; caramel
3Swedishkaramellsweet, caramel; confection made of melted and...
4GermanKaramellcaramel
5Frenchcaramelcaramel, fudge
6Spanishcaramelocandy; caramel
7Portuguesecaramelocaramel; candy made of caramel; any candy
8LatincalamellusA little reed or pen
9Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
10Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
11Proto-Italic-olos
12Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
13Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
14Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Ingrian latva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianlatvatreetop
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus