Where does “seesamijauho” come from?

seesamijauho (Finnish) comes from Finnish seesami, from Latin sēsamum, from Ancient Greek Σήσαμον, from Aramaic שושמא, from Aramaic שומשומא, from Akkadian šamaššammum, from Akkadian šamnum, from Proto-Semitic *šamn- — fat (foodstuff).

seesamijauho (Finnish): sesame flour

Definitions

  1. sesame flour

Ancestry of “seesamijauho”, step by step

seesamijauho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish seesami

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseesamisesame
2Latinsēsamumsesame
3Ancient GreekΣήσαμονsesame
4Aramaicשושמא—
5Aramaicשומשומא—
6Akkadianšamaššammuman oil-producing plant and its seeds, probably sesame
7Akkadianšamnumoil, fat, cream
8Proto-Semitic*šamn-fat (foodstuff)

via Finnish jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho—
Every word from Proto-Semitic *šamn- →Every word from Akkadian šamnum →Every word from Akkadian šamaššammum →