Where does “vohvelirauta” come from?

vohvelirauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish vohveli, from Swedish våffla, from Dutch wafel, from Middle Dutch wāfel, from Old Dutch *wāvila.

vohvelirauta (Finnish): waffle iron

Definitions

  1. waffle iron

Ancestry of “vohvelirauta”, step by step

vohvelirauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vohveli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvohveliwaffle
2Swedishvåfflaa waffle
3Dutchwafelwafer; waffle
4Middle Dutchwāfel—
5Old Dutch*wāvila—

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon
Every word from Old Dutch *wāvila →Every word from Middle Dutch wāfel →Every word from Dutch wafel →