Where does “hopeointi” come from?

hopeointi (Finnish) comes from Finnish hopeoida, from Finnish hopea, from Proto-Finnic hopeda, from Proto-Germanic samftijaz.

hopeointi (Finnish): silver-plating, silver plate, silverization

Definitions

  1. silver-plating, silver plate, silverization

Ancestry of “hopeointi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeoidato silver-plate, to plate with silver
2Finnishhopeasilver
3Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
4Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic samftijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hopeda →Every word from Finnish hopea →