Where does “kauralastu” come from?

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

kauralastu (Finnish): oat chip, oat crisp

Definitions

  1. oat chip, oat crisp

Ancestry of “kauralastu”, step by step

kauralastu 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 lastu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlastushaving; chip; short story
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
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