Where does “kaurarouhe” come from?

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

kaurarouhe (Finnish): crushed oats

Definitions

  1. crushed oats

Ancestry of “kaurarouhe”, step by step

kaurarouhe 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 rouhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrouhekibble
2Finnishrouhiato grind coarsely, to kibble
3Proto-Finnicrouhidakto grind, to kibble
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrus-crust
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