Where does “jauhopeukalo” come from?

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

jauhopeukalo (Finnish): baking skill in the sense of one having it

Definitions

  1. baking skill in the sense of one having it

Ancestry of “jauhopeukalo”, step by step

jauhopeukalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jauho

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

via Finnish peukalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeukalothumb
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *jauho →Every word from Finnish jauho →