Where does “molotovcocktail” come from?

molotovcocktail (Dutch) comes from English Molotov cocktail, from Finnish Molotovin koktaili, from Russian Мо́лотов.

molotovcocktail (Dutch): Molotov cocktail

Definitions

  1. Molotov cocktail

Ancestry of “molotovcocktail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMolotov cocktailA crude incendiary bomb made from a glass bottle,...
2FinnishMolotovin koktailiMolotov cocktail
3RussianМо́лотов—
Every word from Russian Мо́лотов →Every word from Finnish Molotovin koktaili →Every word from English Molotov cocktail →