Where does “rasvakiilto” come from?

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

rasvakiilto (Finnish): greasy lustre

Definitions

  1. greasy lustre

Ancestry of “rasvakiilto”, step by step

rasvakiilto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

via Finnish kiilto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiiltoglint, gleam, shine; lustre
2Finnish-öFront vowel variant of -o
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