Where does “oluttölkki” come from?

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

oluttölkki (Finnish): beer can

Definitions

  1. beer can

Ancestry of “oluttölkki”, step by step

oluttölkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olut

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

via Finnish tölkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtölkkican, tin, carton
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂elut- →Every word from Proto-Finnic olut →Every word from Finnish olut →