Where does “pääolut” come from?

pääolut (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian olut, from Proto-Finnic olut, from Proto-Indo-European h₂elut- — beer.

pääolut (Ingrian): first batch of beer brewn

Definitions

  1. first batch of beer brewn

Ancestry of “pääolut”, step by step

pääolut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian olut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianolutbeer
2Proto-Finnicolutbeer, ale
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂elut-beer

via Ingrian pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianpäähead
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂elut- →Every word from Proto-Finnic olut →Every word from Ingrian olut →