Where does “kaurahiutale” come from?

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

kaurahiutale (Finnish): A single flake of rolled oats

Definitions

  1. A single flake of rolled oats

Ancestry of “kaurahiutale”, step by step

kaurahiutale 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 hiutale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiutaleflake
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qauʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qauʀ →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *qauʀ →