Where does “tölkkipantti” come from?

tölkkipantti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pantti, from Middle Low German pant.

tölkkipantti (Finnish): can deposit

Definitions

  1. can deposit

Ancestry of “tölkkipantti”, step by step

tölkkipantti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pantti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpanttipledge; deposit
2Middle Low Germanpant

via Finnish tölkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtölkkican, tin, carton
Every word from Middle Low German pantEvery word from Finnish pantti