Where does “rohkaisuryyppy” come from?

rohkaisuryyppy (Finnish) comes from Finnish rohkaisu, from Finnish röhkäistä, from Finnish röhkiä, from Finnish röh — oink.

rohkaisuryyppy (Finnish): an alcoholic drink taken for courage to do something; Dutch courage

Definitions

  1. an alcoholic drink taken for courage to do something; Dutch courage

Ancestry of “rohkaisuryyppy”, step by step

rohkaisuryyppy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rohkaisu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrohkaisuencouragement
2FinnishröhkäistäTo grunt to make one pig's grunt
3Finnishröhkiäto grunt, to oink
4Finnishröhoink

via Finnish ryyppy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryyppydrink, dram, snifter; gulp, sip; primer
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Finnish röh →Every word from Finnish röhkiä →Every word from Finnish röhkäistä →