Where does “jauhokalja” come from?

jauhokalja (Finnish) comes from Finnish jauho, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *jauho.

jauhokalja (Finnish): a simple kotikalja and kvass made of flour and yeast

Definitions

  1. a simple kotikalja and kvass made of flour and yeast

Ancestry of “jauhokalja”, step by step

jauhokalja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho—

via Finnish kalja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaljabeer; "short for" kotikalja; kvass
2FinnishkalejaPartitive plural form of kali
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *jauho →Every word from Finnish jauho →
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