Where does “olutlippu” come from?

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

olutlippu (Finnish): beer ticket

Definitions

  1. beer ticket

Ancestry of “olutlippu”, step by step

olutlippu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olut

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

via Finnish lippu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlippuflag, banner; colours; sheet, ticket
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂elut- →Every word from Proto-Finnic olut →Every word from Finnish olut →