Where does “aamuruoka” come from?

aamuruoka (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoka, from Proto-Finnic rooka, from Proto-Germanic rōkō — care, attention.

aamuruoka (Finnish): breakfast

Definitions

  1. breakfast

Ancestry of “aamuruoka”, step by step

aamuruoka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention

via Finnish Aamu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAamumorning
2Englishaamumorning
Every word from Proto-Germanic rōkō →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooka →Every word from Finnish ruoka →