Where does “salajuoppo” come from?

salajuoppo (Finnish) comes from Finnish juoppo, from Finnish juoda, from Proto-Finnic joodak, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

salajuoppo (Finnish): secret drinker, secret alcoholic

Definitions

  1. secret drinker, secret alcoholic

Ancestry of “salajuoppo”, step by step

salajuoppo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juoppo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjuoppoA drunkard
2Finnishjuodato drink
3Proto-Finnicjoodakto drink
4Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?

via Finnish sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm

Words derived from “salajuoppo”

Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe- →