Where does “sipulimaito” come from?

sipulimaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish sipuli, from Old Swedish sipul, from Middle Low German sipolle, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

sipulimaito (Finnish): a drink traditionally used as a cold remedy consisting of water, milk and onions

Definitions

  1. a drink traditionally used as a cold remedy consisting of water, milk and onions

Ancestry of “sipulimaito”, step by step

sipulimaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sipuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsipulionion, "Allium cepa"; onion; onion, Allium
2Old Swedishsipulred onion
3Middle Low Germansipolle
4Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

via Finnish maito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaitomilk; milk, non-dairy milk, plant milk
2Proto-Finnicmaitomilk
3Proto-Uralicmajδ̕ɜ
Every word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin cēpullaEvery word from Middle Low German sipolle