Where does “tölkkiolut” come from?

tölkkiolut (Finnish) comes from Finnish olut, from Proto-Finnic olut, from Proto-Indo-European h₂elut- — beer.

tölkkiolut (Finnish): canned beer

Definitions

  1. canned beer

Ancestry of “tölkkiolut”, step by step

tölkkiolut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish olut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisholutbeer; beer, ale
2Proto-Finnicolutbeer, ale
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂elut-beer

via Finnish tölkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtölkkican, tin, carton
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂elut- →Every word from Proto-Finnic olut →Every word from Finnish olut →