Where does “kestokassi” come from?

kestokassi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kassi, from Swedish kasse, from Old Swedish karse — basket made from bast or rope.

kestokassi (Finnish): reusable bag, reusable tote bag, reusable shopping bag

Definitions

  1. reusable bag, reusable tote bag, reusable shopping bag

Ancestry of “kestokassi”, step by step

kestokassi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kassi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkassibag, satchel, tote bag; scrotum
2Swedishkassebag
3Old Swedishkarsebasket made from bast or rope

via Finnish kesto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkestodurability; duration; permanent, durable
2Finnishkestääto cope, stand, withstand, endure, hold up; to...
3Proto-Finnickestädäkto last, endure
Every word from Old Swedish karse →Every word from Swedish kasse →Every word from Finnish kassi →
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