Where does “pitsajahu” come from?
pitsajahu (Estonian) comes from Estonian jahu, from Proto-Finnic jauho, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
pitsajahu (Estonian): pizza flour
Ancestry of “pitsajahu”, step by step
pitsajahu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Estonian jahu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | jahu | flour |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | jauho | flour |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Estonian pitsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | pitsa | pizza |
| 2 | Italian | pizza | pizza; reel; something very monotonous and... |
| 3 | Neapolitan | pizza | pizza |
| 4 | Byzantine Greek | πίτα | cake, pie; pie; Alternative form of πίττα , Attic... |