Where does “sellerikeitto” come from?

sellerikeitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish selleri, from Swedish selleri, from Lombard selleri, from Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλινον — celery.

sellerikeitto (Finnish): celery soup

Definitions

  1. celery soup

Ancestry of “sellerikeitto”, step by step

sellerikeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selleri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsellericelery
2Swedishsellericelery
3Lombardselleri—
4Latinselīnum—
5Ancient Greekσέλινονcelery

via Finnish keitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittosoup; boiling; booze
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—
Every word from Ancient Greek σέλινον →Every word from Latin selīnum →Every word from Lombard selleri →