Where does “mustikkakeitto” come from?
mustikkakeitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish keitto, from Finnish keittää, from Proto-Uralic keje-.
mustikkakeitto (Finnish): bilberry soup
Ancestry of “mustikkakeitto”, step by step
mustikkakeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keitto | soup; boiling; booze |
| 2 | Finnish | keittää | To boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | keje- | — |
via Finnish mustikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mustikka | bilberry, "Vaccinium myrtillus"; a common shrub... |
| 2 | Finnish | musta | black; black horse; Elative singular form of... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ntää | Front vowel variant of -ntaa |