Where does “tapiokajauho” come from?

tapiokajauho (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapioka, from Portuguese tapioca, from Old Tupi tapi'oka — tapioca.

tapiokajauho (Finnish): tapioca flour

Definitions

  1. tapioca flour

Ancestry of “tapiokajauho”, step by step

tapiokajauho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tapioka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapiokatapioca starchy foodstuff
2Portuguesetapiocatapioca starchy food made from cassava
3Old Tupitapi'okatapioca

via Finnish jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho—
Every word from Old Tupi tapi'oka →Every word from Portuguese tapioca →Every word from Finnish tapioka →