Where does “natronlipeä” come from?

natronlipeä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lipeä, from Proto-Finnic lipeda — slippery.

natronlipeä (Finnish): soda lye

Definitions

  1. soda lye

Ancestry of “natronlipeä”, step by step

natronlipeä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lipeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlipeälye; slippery
2Proto-Finniclipedaslippery

via Finnish natron

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnatron
Every word from Proto-Finnic lipedaEvery word from Finnish lipeä