Where does “joulupuuro” come from?

joulupuuro (Finnish) comes from Finnish puuro, from Proto-Finnic putro — porridge.

joulupuuro (Finnish): Christmas (rice) porridge, Christmas (rice) pudding

Definitions

  1. Christmas (rice) porridge, Christmas (rice) pudding

Ancestry of “joulupuuro”, step by step

joulupuuro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puuro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuroporridge
2Proto-Finnicputroporridge

via Finnish joulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjouluChristmas; Abbreviation of joulukuu
Every word from Proto-Finnic putro →Every word from Finnish puuro →