Where does “suklaalastu” come from?

suklaalastu (Finnish) comes from Finnish suklaa, from Swedish choklad, from French chocolat, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.

suklaalastu (Finnish): chocolate chip particularly one that is thin, large and conical

Definitions

  1. chocolate chip particularly one that is thin, large and conical

Ancestry of “suklaalastu”, step by step

suklaalastu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suklaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuklaachocolate
2Swedishchokladchocolate
3Frenchchocolatchocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;...
4Spanishchocolatechocolate; hot chocolate; hashish
5Classical NahuatlchocolātlA drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others)
6Nahuatlchicolātl

via Finnish lastu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlastushaving; chip; short story
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Nahuatl chicolātlEvery word from Classical Nahuatl chocolātlEvery word from Spanish chocolate
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