Where does “pepparkvarn” come from?
pepparkvarn (Swedish) comes from Swedish peppar, from Old Norse piparr, from Old Saxon *pipar, from Proto-West Germanic *pipar, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι, from Sanskrit पिप्पलि, from Sanskrit पिप्पल — berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...
pepparkvarn (Swedish): pepper mill
Definitions
- pepper mill
Ancestry of “pepparkvarn”, step by step
pepparkvarn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish peppar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | peppar | pepper |
| 2 | Old Norse | piparr | pepper |
| 3 | Old Saxon | *pipar | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *pipar | pepper |
| 5 | Latin | piper | pepper |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πέπερι | pepper; black pepper |
| 7 | Sanskrit | पिप्पलि | berry; peppercorn; long pepper |
| 8 | Sanskrit | पिप्पल | berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind... |
via Swedish kvarn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kvarn | mill; the grinding apparatus for substances such... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kværn | mill |
| 3 | Old Norse | kvern | a millstone; a quern, handmill |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kwernō | millstone; handmill; quern |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂wō | quern, mill-stone |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |