Where does “kanel” come from?

kanel (Swedish) comes from Italian cannella, from Italian -ello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

kanel (Swedish): cinnamon, a spice

Definitions

  1. cinnamon, a spice

Ancestry of “kanel”, step by step

kanel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian cannella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancannellacinnamon; faucet, household water tap, spigot
2Italian-elloAlterative suffix used to form...
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via French cannelle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcannellecinnamon
2Old Frenchcanele—
3Medieval Latincanella—
4LatincannaA reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;...
5Ancient Greekκάνναgiant reed; reed mat
6Akkadian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length
7Sumerian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length

Words derived from “kanel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin -ellus →