Where does “kasvisruoka” come from?

kasvisruoka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasvis, from Finnish kasvi, from Finnish kasvaa, from Proto-Finnic kasvadak, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks-.

kasvisruoka (Finnish): vegetable meal/dish, vegetarian meal/dish

Definitions

  1. vegetable meal/dish, vegetarian meal/dish

Ancestry of “kasvisruoka”, step by step

kasvisruoka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kasvis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasvisvegetable; vegetarian
2Finnishkasviplant
3Finnishkasvaato grow
4Proto-Finnickasvadakto grow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewks-—

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewks- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kasvadak →Every word from Finnish kasvaa →