Where does “kaakaojauhe” come from?
kaakaojauhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaakao, from Swedish kakao, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.
kaakaojauhe (Finnish): cocoa powder, cocoa
Ancestry of “kaakaojauhe”, step by step
kaakaojauhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaakao
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaakao | hot chocolate, cocoa; Short for kaakaojauhe;... |
| 2 | Swedish | kakao | cocoa, cacao |
| 3 | Spanish | Cacao | the 655th most common surname in Guatemala |
| 4 | Classical Nahuatl | cacahuatl | cacao, cacao bean |
| 5 | Proto-Nahuan | *kakawa- | — |
via Finnish jauhe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jauhe | powder; in compound terms in which jauhe is the... |
| 2 | Finnish | jauhaa | to grind, mince, chew; to jabber about silly or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jauhadak | to grind |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | jaŋša- | — |