Where does “keittokirja” come from?

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

keittokirja (Finnish): cookbook

Definitions

  1. cookbook

Ancestry of “keittokirja”, step by step

keittokirja 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 kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic keje- →Every word from Finnish keittää →Every word from Finnish keitto →
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