Where does “tomat” come from?

tomat (Swedish) comes from Danish tomat, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

tomat (Swedish): tomato

Definitions

  1. tomato

Ancestry of “tomat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishtomatA tomato
2Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
3Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
4Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

Words derived from “tomat

Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma-
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