Where does “sähköpostilista” come from?

sähköpostilista (Finnish) comes from Finnish lista, from Swedish lista — a list; a register or roll of paper consisting of...

sähköpostilista (Finnish): mailing list, email list

Definitions

  1. mailing list, email list

Ancestry of “sähköpostilista”, step by step

sähköpostilista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlistalist; Short for ruokalista; Short for pörssilista...
2Swedishlistaa list; a register or roll of paper consisting of...

via Finnish sähköposti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsähköpostie-mail, electronic mail; e-mail
2Englishelectronic mailEmail; An email
Every word from Swedish lista