Where does “lempiruoka” come from?

lempiruoka (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoka, from Proto-Finnic rooka, from Proto-Germanic rōkō — care, attention.

lempiruoka (Finnish): favorite food, favourite food

Definitions

  1. favorite food, favourite food

Ancestry of “lempiruoka”, step by step

lempiruoka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention

via Finnish Lempi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLempi(erotic) love
2Finnishlempilove; love-making, sex; As a very common former...
3Proto-Finniclempi? flame,? spark,? warmth
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