Where does “kaakaojuoma” come from?
kaakaojuoma (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaakao, from Swedish kakao, from Spanish Cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawa-.
kaakaojuoma (Finnish): chocolate beverage
Ancestry of “kaakaojuoma”, step by step
kaakaojuoma 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 juoma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juoma | drink; beverage; Agent participle of juoda |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | jooma | drink; beverage |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joodak | to drink |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |