Where does “pistasj” come from?

pistasj (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin pistācium, from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

pistasj (Norwegian Nynorsk): pistachio, a tree, Pistacia vera, and its nut-like fruit

Definitions

  1. pistachio, a tree, Pistacia vera, and its nut-like fruit

Ancestry of “pistasj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpistāciumA pistachio nut
2Ancient Greekπιστάκιονpistachio
3Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον →