Where does “olutkapakka” come from?

olutkapakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish olut, from Proto-Finnic olut, from Proto-Indo-European h₂elut- — beer.

olutkapakka (Finnish): beer tavern

Definitions

  1. beer tavern

Ancestry of “olutkapakka”, step by step

olutkapakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholutbeer; beer, ale
2Proto-Finnicolutbeer, ale
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂elut-beer

via Finnish kapakka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkapakkapub, bar, tavern, inn
2Russianкаба́кtavern, pub, bar
3Low GermanKabackehut, hovel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂elut- →Every word from Proto-Finnic olut →Every word from Finnish olut →