Where does “keittiökoisa” come from?

keittiökoisa (Finnish) comes from Finnish koisa, from Finnish sä, from Finnish sinä, from Proto-Finnic cinä, from Proto-Uralic tinä — you, thou.

keittiökoisa (Finnish): Indian meal moth, pantry moth, mealworm moth, weevil moth, Plodia interpunctella species of moth that feeds on dried foods, especially nuts and fruit

Definitions

  1. Indian meal moth, pantry moth, mealworm moth, weevil moth, Plodia interpunctella species of moth that feeds on dried foods, especially nuts and fruit

Ancestry of “keittiökoisa”, step by step

keittiökoisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoisasnout moth, pyralid, pyralid moth, grass moth;...
2Finnishsäyou, ya
3Finnishsinäyou second-person singular personal pronoun, used in familiar or neutral contexts, thou
4Proto-Finniccinäyou
5Proto-Uralictinäyou, thou

via Finnish keittiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittiökitchen; cuisine
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic tinä →Every word from Proto-Finnic cinä →Every word from Finnish sinä →