Where does “jauhovelli” come from?

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

jauhovelli (Finnish): flour gruel

Definitions

  1. flour gruel

Ancestry of “jauhovelli”, step by step

jauhovelli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jauho

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

via Finnish velli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelligruel
2Swedishvällinggruel, soup made from cereal, thin porridge
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *jauho →Every word from Finnish jauho →