Where does “mallasuute” come from?
mallasuute (Finnish) comes from Finnish uute, from Finnish uuttaa, from Finnish uu, from Latin U, from Latin V, from Etruscan ? — u.
mallasuute (Finnish): malt extract
Ancestry of “mallasuute”, step by step
mallasuute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish uute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uute | extract; tincture; beer |
| 2 | Finnish | uuttaa | to extract; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Finnish | uu | The name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest |
| 4 | Latin | U | — |
| 5 | Latin | V | ve |
| 6 | Etruscan | ? | u |
via Finnish mallas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mallas | malt |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | maldas | malt |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | maltaz | soft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting; malt; soft,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |