Where does “erikoisvehnäjauho” come from?
erikoisvehnäjauho (Finnish) comes from Finnish erikoinen, from Finnish eri, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *erei, from Proto-Indo-European er- — eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...
erikoisvehnäjauho (Finnish): white (wheat) flour (made only from the endosperm of the grain), usually coarse or semi-coarse with a protein content within 11–12 %
Definitions
- white (wheat) flour (made only from the endosperm of the grain), usually coarse or semi-coarse with a protein content within 11–12 %
Ancestry of “erikoisvehnäjauho”, step by step
erikoisvehnäjauho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish erikoinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | erikoinen | Special, exceptional, out of the ordinary;... |
| 2 | Finnish | eri | different, other, another; different, separate;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *erei | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | er- | eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,... |
via Finnish vehnäjauho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vehnäjauho | wheat flour |
| 2 | Finnish | vehnä | wheat |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vehnä | wheat |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | wešnä | — |