Where does “höstkantarell” come from?
höstkantarell (Swedish) comes from Swedish kantarell, from French chanterelle, from French -elle, from Old French -ele, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
höstkantarell (Swedish): a funnel chanterelle (Craterellus tubaeformis)
Definitions
- a funnel chanterelle (Craterellus tubaeformis)
Ancestry of “höstkantarell”, step by step
höstkantarell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kantarell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kantarell | chanterelle, Cantharellus cibarius |
| 2 | French | chanterelle | chanterelle |
| 3 | French | -elle | Forming feminine nouns, often with a diminutive... |
| 4 | Old French | -ele | diminutive suffix, forming feminine nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |