Where does “kaura” come from?

kaura (Finnish) comes from Proto-Oceanic *qauʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qauʀ, from Proto-Austronesian qauʀ — bamboo.

kaura (Finnish): oat, oats

Definitions

  1. oat, oats

Ancestry of “kaura”, step by step

kaura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Oceanic *qauʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*qauʀbamboo plant
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqauʀbamboo
3Proto-Austronesianqauʀbamboo

via Proto-Finnic käkrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickäkräbent, crooked
2Proto-Germanichagrō—

Words derived from “kaura”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian qauʀ →