Where does “maniokkijauho” come from?

maniokkijauho (Finnish) comes from Finnish maniokki, from French manioc, from Spanish mandioca, from Portuguese mandioca, from Old Tupi mani'oka — cassava, manioc.

maniokkijauho (Finnish): cassava flour, manioc flour

Definitions

  1. cassava flour, manioc flour

Ancestry of “maniokkijauho”, step by step

maniokkijauho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maniokki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaniokkicassava
2Frenchmanioccassava, manioc
3Spanishmandiocamanioc plant
4Portuguesemandiocamanioc, cassava
5Old Tupimani'okacassava, manioc

via Finnish jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho
Every word from Old Tupi mani'okaEvery word from Portuguese mandiocaEvery word from Spanish mandioca
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