Where does “rasvamonttu” come from?

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

rasvamonttu (Finnish): grease pit, inspection pit

Definitions

  1. grease pit, inspection pit

Ancestry of “rasvamonttu”, step by step

rasvamonttu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

via Finnish monttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonttupit; pothole; mouth
Every word from Proto-Finnic rasva →Every word from Finnish rasva →