Where does “kuhakeitto” come from?

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

kuhakeitto (Finnish): zander (fish) soup

Definitions

  1. zander (fish) soup

Ancestry of “kuhakeitto”, step by step

kuhakeitto 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 kuha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuhazander; pike-perch; as long as, provided
2Proto-Finnickuhazander (Sander lucioperca)
Every word from Proto-Uralic keje- →