Where does “kauraryyni” come from?

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

kauraryyni (Finnish): grits; rolled oats; oatmeal

Definitions

  1. grits; rolled oats; oatmeal

Ancestry of “kauraryyni”, step by step

kauraryyni 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 ryyni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishryyniAn individual grain of groats
2Swedishgryngrain, groats
3Old Norsegrjóngroats; grain
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qauʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qauʀ →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *qauʀ →