Where does “makeiskauppa” come from?

makeiskauppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish makeinen, from Finnish makea, from Proto-Finnic makeda, from Proto-Finnic makjas, from Proto-Germanic smakjaz.

makeiskauppa (Finnish): sweetshop

Definitions

  1. sweetshop

Ancestry of “makeiskauppa”, step by step

makeiskauppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish makeinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakeinensweet, candy
2Finnishmakeasweet; fresh; high; in the idiomatic expression...
3Proto-Finnicmakedasweet; fresh
4Proto-Finnicmakjastasty, sweet
5Proto-Germanicsmakjaz—

via Finnish kauppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauppacommerce, business, trade; traffic; buying and...
2Proto-Germanickaupazpurchase
3LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
4Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic smakjaz →