Where does “mahonkiviilu” come from?

mahonkiviilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish mahonki, from Swedish mahogny, from English mahogany, from Spanish mahogani, from Island Carib maga — mahogany.

mahonkiviilu (Finnish): mahogany veneer

Definitions

  1. mahogany veneer

Ancestry of “mahonkiviilu”, step by step

mahonkiviilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mahonki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmahonkimahogany
2Swedishmahognymahogany
3EnglishmahoganyAny of various tropical American evergreen trees,...
4Spanishmahoganimahogany
5Island Caribmagamahogany

via Finnish viilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviiluveneer thin decorative covering of finewood applied to coarser wood or other material
2Finnishviillä—
3Proto-Finnicviildäkto cut, to slit
4Proto-Finno-Permicvije-to cut
Every word from Island Carib maga →Every word from Spanish mahogani →Every word from English mahogany →