Where does “tomaattivoileipä” come from?

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

tomaattivoileipä (Finnish): tomato sandwich

Definitions

  1. tomato sandwich

Ancestry of “tomaattivoileipä”, step by step

tomaattivoileipä 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 voileipä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoileipäbread and butter, bread with butter; open...
2Finnishleipäbread; sandwich; In the game of ducks and drakes,...
3Proto-Finniclaipabread
4Proto-Germanichlaibazbread
Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →