Where does “appelsiinimehu” come from?

appelsiinimehu (Finnish) comes from Finnish mehu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

appelsiinimehu (Finnish): orange juice

Definitions

  1. orange juice

Ancestry of “appelsiinimehu”, step by step

appelsiinimehu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mehu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmehujuice; cordial
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish appelsiini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishappelsiiniorange
2Swedishappelsinorange
3DutchappelsineChinese apple; apple from China
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish mehu →