Where does “kaurajuuri” come from?

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

kaurajuuri (Finnish): common salsify, vegetable oyster, oyster plant, purple salsify, Jerusalem star (Tragopogon porrifolius) plant in goat's-beard genus cultivated for its ornamental flower and edible root

Definitions

  1. common salsify, vegetable oyster, oyster plant, purple salsify, Jerusalem star (Tragopogon porrifolius) plant in goat's-beard genus cultivated for its ornamental flower and edible root

Ancestry of “kaurajuuri”, step by step

kaurajuuri 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 juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qauʀ
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