Where does “pussikalja” come from?

pussikalja (Finnish) comes from Finnish pussi, from Old Swedish pusi, from Proto-Germanic pusô — bag, sack, scrip.

pussikalja (Finnish): beer from a bag of beers

Definitions

  1. beer from a bag of beers

Ancestry of “pussikalja”, step by step

pussikalja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pussi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpussibag, pouch, sac; pouch; pocket
2Old Swedishpusi—
3Proto-Germanicpusôbag, sack, scrip

via Finnish kalja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaljabeer; "short for" kotikalja; kvass
2FinnishkalejaPartitive plural form of kali
Every word from Proto-Germanic pusô →Every word from Old Swedish pusi →Every word from Finnish pussi →