Where does “sellunkeitto” come from?

sellunkeitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish keitto, from Finnish keittää, from Proto-Uralic keje-.

sellunkeitto (Finnish): (chemical) pulping production of cellulose pulp

Definitions

  1. (chemical) pulping production of cellulose pulp

Ancestry of “sellunkeitto”, step by step

sellunkeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittosoup; boiling; booze
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—

via Finnish sellu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsellucellulose, pulp
2Finnishselluloosacellulose; pulp made of cellulose fibres
Every word from Proto-Uralic keje- →Every word from Finnish keittää →Every word from Finnish keitto →