Where does “soijajuoma” come from?

soijajuoma (Finnish) comes from Finnish soija, from Dutch soja, from Japanese そい, from Japanese 醤油, from Middle Chinese 醬油, from Middle Chinese 醬 — bean paste.

soijajuoma (Finnish): soy drink, soya drink

Definitions

  1. soy drink, soya drink

Ancestry of “soijajuoma”, step by step

soijajuoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish soija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoijasoy/soya; soy sauce; sweat
2Dutchsojasoy
3Japaneseそい醤油 soy sauce
4Japanese醤油soy sauce
5Middle Chinese醬油—
6Middle Chinese醬bean paste

via Finnish juoma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuomadrink; beverage; Agent participle of juoda
2Proto-Finnicjoomadrink; beverage
3Proto-Finnicjoodakto drink
4Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
Every word from Middle Chinese 醬 →Every word from Middle Chinese 醬油 →Every word from Japanese 醤油 →