Where does “makkarapötkö” come from?

makkarapötkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish makkara — sausage.

makkarapötkö (Finnish): sausage link

Definitions

  1. sausage link

Ancestry of “makkarapötkö”, step by step

makkarapötkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish makkara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakkarasausage

via Finnish pötkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpötköbar, stick cylindrical mass of anything relatively firm
Every word from Finnish makkara