Where does “kaljakeitto” come from?

kaljakeitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish keitto, from Finnish keittää, from Proto-Uralic keje-.

kaljakeitto (Finnish): okroshka

Definitions

  1. okroshka

Ancestry of “kaljakeitto”, step by step

kaljakeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittosoup; boiling; booze
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—

via Finnish kalja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaljabeer; "short for" kotikalja; kvass
2FinnishkalejaPartitive plural form of kali
Every word from Proto-Uralic keje- →Every word from Finnish keittää →Every word from Finnish keitto →