Where does “kastekaapu” come from?

kastekaapu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaste, from Proto-Finnic kastek, from Proto-Finnic kastadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

kastekaapu (Finnish): baptism gown

Definitions

  1. baptism gown

Ancestry of “kastekaapu”, step by step

kastekaapu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkastedew; baptism, christening
2Proto-Finnickastekdew
3Proto-Finnickastadakto wet, to soak; to dip, to immerse
4Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish kaapu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaapugown, cloak, habit, frock
2Old Swedishkapa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -tadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic kastadak →