Where does “kaurahattu” come from?

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

kaurahattu (Finnish): bushwhacker, hillbilly

Definitions

  1. bushwhacker, hillbilly

Ancestry of “kaurahattu”, step by step

kaurahattu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauraoat, oats
2Proto-Oceanic*qauʀbamboo plant
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqauʀbamboo
4Proto-Austronesianqauʀbamboo

via Finnish hattu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhattuhat; tampion; háček, caron
2Proto-Finnichattu—
3Proto-Germanichattuzhat
4Proto-Indo-Europeankadʰ-to guard, cover, protect, care for; to guard,...
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