Where does “jauhopussi” come from?

jauhopussi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pussi, from Old Swedish pusi, from Proto-Germanic pusô — bag, sack, scrip.

jauhopussi (Finnish): bag of flour

Definitions

  1. bag of flour

Ancestry of “jauhopussi”, step by step

jauhopussi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pussi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpussibag, pouch, sac; pouch; pocket
2Old Swedishpusi—
3Proto-Germanicpusôbag, sack, scrip

via Finnish jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho—
Every word from Proto-Germanic pusô →Every word from Old Swedish pusi →Every word from Finnish pussi →
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