Where does “sulfiittisprii” come from?

sulfiittisprii (Finnish) comes from Finnish sprii — spirit, ethanol; "short for" spriipurje.

sulfiittisprii (Finnish): sulphite spirit, sulfite spirit

Definitions

  1. sulphite spirit, sulfite spirit

Ancestry of “sulfiittisprii”, step by step

sulfiittisprii traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sprii

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishspriispirit, ethanol; "short for" spriipurje

via Finnish sulfiitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulfiittisulfite
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