Where does “rasva-alkoholi” come from?

rasva-alkoholi (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasva, from Proto-Finnic rasva — fat.

rasva-alkoholi (Finnish): fatty alcohol

Definitions

  1. fatty alcohol

Ancestry of “rasva-alkoholi”, step by step

rasva-alkoholi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

via Finnish alkoholi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkoholialcohol; alcoholic
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