Where does “ammoniakkihiippo” come from?

ammoniakkihiippo (Finnish) comes from Finnish ammoniakki, from Swedish ammoniak — ammonia.

ammoniakkihiippo (Finnish): nitrous bonnet

Definitions

  1. nitrous bonnet

Ancestry of “ammoniakkihiippo”, step by step

ammoniakkihiippo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ammoniakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishammoniakkiammonia
2Swedishammoniakammonia

via Finnish hiippo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiippo—
Every word from Swedish ammoniak →Every word from Finnish ammoniakki →