Where does “pontikankeitto” come from?

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

pontikankeitto (Finnish): moonshining illicit production of liquor

Definitions

  1. moonshining illicit production of liquor

Ancestry of “pontikankeitto”, step by step

pontikankeitto 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 pontikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpontikkamoonshine illegal home-distilled liquor
Every word from Proto-Uralic keje- →Every word from Finnish keittää →Every word from Finnish keitto →