Where does “roska-astia” come from?

roska-astia (Finnish) comes from Finnish roska, from Swedish rosk — filth, garbage.

roska-astia (Finnish): rubbish bin, litter bin, garbage can, waste container

Definitions

  1. rubbish bin, litter bin, garbage can, waste container

Ancestry of “roska-astia”, step by step

roska-astia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish roska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishroskalitter, trash, rubbish
2Swedishroskfilth, garbage

via Finnish astia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastiacontainer, vessel, receptacle; dish; bin
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