Where does “kermajauhe” come from?
kermajauhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish jauhe, from Finnish jauhaa, from Proto-Finnic jauhadak, from Proto-Finno-Permic jaŋša-.
kermajauhe (Finnish): cream powder
Ancestry of “kermajauhe”, step by step
kermajauhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jauhe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jauhe | powder; in compound terms in which jauhe is the... |
| 2 | Finnish | jauhaa | to grind, mince, chew; to jabber about silly or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jauhadak | to grind |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | jaŋša- | — |
via Finnish kerma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerma | cream; the cream; kerma |
| 2 | English | kerma | The sum of the initial kinetic energies of all... |