Where does “minestronekeitto” come from?

minestronekeitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish minestrone, from Italian minestrone, from Italian minestra, from Latin ministrō, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos — less.

minestronekeitto (Finnish): minestrone thick Italian vegetable soup

Definitions

  1. minestrone thick Italian vegetable soup

Ancestry of “minestronekeitto”, step by step

minestronekeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish minestrone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishminestronetype of soup
2Italianminestroneminestrone thick Italian vegetable soup
3Italianminestrasoup; pasta
4Latinministrōto attend, wait upon, serve
5Latinministerattendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;...
6Latinminusnominative neuter singular of minor; accusative...
7Proto-Italicminosless

via Finnish keitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittosoup; boiling; booze
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—
Every word from Proto-Italic minos →Every word from Latin minus →Every word from Latin minister →