Where does “mentolisavuke” come from?

mentolisavuke (Finnish) comes from Finnish savuke, from Finnish savu, from Proto-Finnic savu, from Proto-Finno-Permic sawe.

mentolisavuke (Finnish): menthol cigarette

Definitions

  1. menthol cigarette

Ancestry of “mentolisavuke”, step by step

mentolisavuke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savuke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsavukeA cigarette
2Finnishsavusmoke; a residential building with a chimney, a...
3Proto-Finnicsavu—
4Proto-Finno-Permicsawe—

via Finnish mentoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmentolimenthol
2Latinmenthamint
3Ancient GreekΜίνθηmint (Mentha viridis)
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