Where does “käenminttu” come from?

käenminttu (Finnish) comes from Finnish käki, from Japanese 柿, from Old Japanese 柿.

käenminttu (Finnish): any plant of the genus Satureja

Definitions

  1. any plant of the genus Satureja

Ancestry of “käenminttu”, step by step

käenminttu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäkicuckoo
2Japanese柿a persimmon, especially the Japanese persimmon;...
3Old Japanese柿—

via Finnish Minttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMinttumint
Every word from Old Japanese 柿 →Every word from Japanese 柿 →Every word from Finnish käki →
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