Where does “kermavaahto” come from?

kermavaahto (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaahto, from Proto-Finnic vakto, from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

kermavaahto (Finnish): whipped cream

Definitions

  1. whipped cream

Ancestry of “kermavaahto”, step by step

kermavaahto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaahto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaahtofoam; head; mousse
2Proto-Finnicvaktofoam
3Proto-Germanicþwahtuzwashing, laundry
4Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Finnish kerma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkermacream; the cream; kerma
2EnglishkermaThe sum of the initial kinetic energies of all...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic þwahtuz →