Where does “kylpysuola” come from?

kylpysuola (Finnish) comes from Finnish suola, from Proto-Finnic soola, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂ls — salt.

kylpysuola (Finnish): bath salt

Definitions

  1. bath salt

Ancestry of “kylpysuola”, step by step

kylpysuola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuolasalt; saline; salted
2Proto-Finnicsoolasalt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂lssalt

via Finnish kylpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylpybath
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂ls →Every word from Proto-Finnic soola →Every word from Finnish suola →