Where does “mainoslippu” come from?

mainoslippu (Finnish) comes from Finnish mainos, from Finnish mainoa.

mainoslippu (Finnish): advertising flag, advertising banner

Definitions

  1. advertising flag, advertising banner

Ancestry of “mainoslippu”, step by step

mainoslippu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mainos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmainosadvertisement
2Finnishmainoa—

via Finnish lippu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlippuflag, banner; colours; sheet, ticket
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