Where does “kaurasuurimo” come from?

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

kaurasuurimo (Finnish): oat groat, oat grit

Definitions

  1. oat groat, oat grit

Ancestry of “kaurasuurimo”, step by step

kaurasuurimo 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 suurimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuurimoan individual grain of groats
2Proto-Finnicsuurimagroat
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qauʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qauʀ →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *qauʀ →