Where does “pinaattikeitto” come from?

pinaattikeitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish keitto, from Finnish keittää, from Proto-Uralic keje-.

pinaattikeitto (Finnish): spinach soup

Definitions

  1. spinach soup

Ancestry of “pinaattikeitto”, step by step

pinaattikeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittosoup; boiling; booze
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-

via Finnish pinaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpinaattispinach
Every word from Proto-Uralic keje-Every word from Finnish keittääEvery word from Finnish keitto