Where does “tuohikontti” come from?
tuohikontti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuohi, from Proto-Finnic toohi, from Proto-Finnic tooši, from Baltic unknown.
Ancestry of “tuohikontti”, step by step
tuohikontti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tuohi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tuohi | birchbark; money, cash; Third-person singular... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | toohi | birchbark |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tooši | — |
| 4 | Baltic | unknown | — |
via Finnish kontti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kontti | traditional type of knapsack made of birch bark;... |
| 2 | English | container | Someone who contains; something that contains; An... |
| 3 | Middle English | conteyner | — |