Where does “kestomakkara” come from?

kestomakkara (Finnish) comes from Finnish kesto, from Finnish kestää, from Proto-Finnic kestädäk — to last, endure.

kestomakkara (Finnish): pickled sausage intended to be consumed in slices

Definitions

  1. pickled sausage intended to be consumed in slices

Ancestry of “kestomakkara”, step by step

kestomakkara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kesto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkestodurability; duration; permanent, durable
2Finnishkestääto cope, stand, withstand, endure, hold up; to...
3Proto-Finnickestädäkto last, endure

via Finnish makkara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakkarasausage
Every word from Proto-Finnic kestädäk