Where does “rukkijahu” come from?

rukkijahu (Estonian) comes from Estonian rukis, from Proto-Finnic rugis, from Proto-Germanic rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- — rye.

rukkijahu (Estonian): rye flour, ryeflour

Definitions

  1. rye flour, ryeflour

Ancestry of “rukkijahu”, step by step

rukkijahu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian rukis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianrukisrye
2Proto-Finnicrugisrye
3Proto-Germanicrugizrye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwrugʰyo-rye

via Estonian jahu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianjahuflour
2Proto-Finnicjauhoflour
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rugiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic rugis →