Where does “olkivelli” come from?

olkivelli (Finnish) comes from Finnish olki, from Proto-Finnic olki — hay.

olkivelli (Finnish): straw gruel

Definitions

  1. straw gruel

Ancestry of “olkivelli”, step by step

olkivelli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholkistraw; thatch
2Proto-Finnicolkihay

via Finnish velli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelligruel
2Swedishvällinggruel, soup made from cereal, thin porridge
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