Where does “banaanipotku” come from?

banaanipotku (Finnish) comes from Finnish banaani, from Swedish banan, from Spanish banana, from Portuguese banana, from Wolof banaana — banana.

banaanipotku (Finnish): banana kick

Definitions

  1. banana kick

Ancestry of “banaanipotku”, step by step

banaanipotku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish banaani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbanaanibanana; a ban
2Swedishbanana banana
3Spanishbananabanana fruit
4Portuguesebananabanana; penis; bras d'honneur
5Wolofbanaanabanana

via Finnish potku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpotkukick; a side net steering fish towards a fyke
2Finnishpotkiato kick; Partitive plural form of potka
3Votic-ia—
Every word from Wolof banaana →Every word from Portuguese banana →Every word from Spanish banana →