Where does “banaanikotelo” come from?

banaanikotelo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kotelo, from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

banaanikotelo (Finnish): banana case

Definitions

  1. banana case

Ancestry of “banaanikotelo”, step by step

banaanikotelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kotelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotelopupa; cocoon; case, box, capsule, enclosure
2Finnish-löFront vowel variant of -lo
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish banaani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbanaanibanana; a ban
2Swedishbanana banana
3Spanishbananabanana fruit
4Portuguesebananabanana; penis; bras d'honneur
5Wolofbanaanabanana
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -lö →