Where does “maissilastu” come from?

maissilastu (Finnish) comes from Finnish maissi, from Swedish majs, from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís, from Proto-Arawakan marikɨ.

maissilastu (Finnish): corn chip, tortilla chip

Definitions

  1. corn chip, tortilla chip

Ancestry of “maissilastu”, step by step

maissilastu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maissi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaissimaize, corn
2Swedishmajsmaize, corn
3Spanishmaízcorn, maize
4Taínomahís—
5Proto-Arawakanmarikɨ—

via Finnish lastu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlastushaving; chip; short story
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Arawakan marikɨ →