Where does “tomaattikeitto” come from?

tomaattikeitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish tomaatti, from Swedish tomat, from Danish tomat, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

tomaattikeitto (Finnish): tomato soup

Definitions

  1. tomato soup

Ancestry of “tomaattikeitto”, step by step

tomaattikeitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tomaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtomaattitomato
2Swedishtomattomato
3DanishtomatA tomato
4Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
5Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
6Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

via Finnish keitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeittosoup; boiling; booze
2FinnishkeittääTo boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up
3Proto-Uralickeje-—
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →