Where does “ohrainen” come from?

ohrainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohra, from Proto-Finnic ocra, from Proto-Baltic aśras — sharp.

ohrainen (Finnish): barley; resembling or tasting of barley

Definitions

  1. barley; resembling or tasting of barley

Ancestry of “ohrainen”, step by step

ohrainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ohra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohrabarley
2Proto-Finnicocrabarley
3Proto-Balticaśrassharp

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen

Words derived from “ohrainen

Every word from Proto-Baltic aśrasEvery word from Proto-Finnic ocraEvery word from Finnish ohra