Where does “kebbemesta” come from?

kebbemesta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kebbe, from Finnish kebab, from Turkish kebap, from Ottoman Turkish كباب, from Arabic كَبَاب — roast meat, kebab; fried meat.

kebbemesta (Finnish): kebab restaurant

Definitions

  1. kebab restaurant

Ancestry of “kebbemesta”, step by step

kebbemesta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kebbe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkebbekebab
2Finnishkebabkebab dish of skewered meat and vegetables
3Turkishkebapkebab
4Ottoman Turkishكبابkebab
5Arabicكَبَابroast meat, kebab; fried meat

via Finnish mesta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmestaA place
2Russianме́стоplace, city; place, position
3Old East Slavicмѣсто—
4Proto-Slavicměstoplace, location; settlement, town, city
Every word from Arabic كَبَاب →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كباب →Every word from Turkish kebap →