Where does “orniello” come from?
orniello (Italian) comes from Italian orno, from Latin ornus, from Estonian õrn, from Finnish horna — hell.
orniello (Italian): manna ash
Ancestry of “orniello”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | orno | manna ash; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Latin | ornus | an ash tree; a lance made of the wood of an ash |
| 3 | Estonian | õrn | — |
| 4 | Finnish | horna | hell |