Where does “kasviravinto” come from?

kasviravinto (Finnish) comes from Finnish ravinto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

kasviravinto (Finnish): vegetable food food consisting of vegetables

Definitions

  1. vegetable food food consisting of vegetables

Ancestry of “kasviravinto”, step by step

kasviravinto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ravinto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishravintonutrition, nourishment, nutriment; nutritional
2Finnish-ntö
3Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish kasvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasviplant
2Finnishkasvaato grow
3Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j
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