Where does “nuolijuurijauho” come from?

nuolijuurijauho (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuolijuuri, from English arrowroot, from Arawak aru-aru.

nuolijuurijauho (Finnish): arrowroot flour

Definitions

  1. arrowroot flour

Ancestry of “nuolijuurijauho”, step by step

nuolijuurijauho traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nuolijuuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuolijuuriarrowroot
2Englisharrowroot"Maranta arundinacea" from the Marantaceae...
3Arawakaru-aru—

via Finnish jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho—
Every word from Arawak aru-aru →Every word from English arrowroot →Every word from Finnish nuolijuuri →