Where does “kaurajauho” come from?

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

kaurajauho (Finnish): oat flour

Definitions

  1. oat flour

Ancestry of “kaurajauho”, step by step

kaurajauho 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 jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qauʀ →