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 σέλινονEvery word from Latin selīnumEvery word from Lombard selleri