Where does “alkoholimyymälä” come from?

alkoholimyymälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish myymälä, from Finnish myydä, from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk, from Proto-Uralic mixe-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw-.

alkoholimyymälä (Finnish): liquor store US; off-licence UK store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises of the sore

Definitions

  1. liquor store US; off-licence UK store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises of the sore

Ancestry of “alkoholimyymälä”, step by step

alkoholimyymälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myymälä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyymäläshop
2Finnishmyydäto sell
3Proto-Finnic*müüdäk
4Proto-Uralicmixe-give
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂mey-gw-

via Finnish alkoholi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkoholialcohol; alcoholic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂mey-gw-Every word from Proto-Uralic mixe-Every word from Proto-Finnic *müüdäk