Where does “ohrapuuro” come from?

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

ohrapuuro (Finnish): barley porridge

Definitions

  1. barley porridge

Ancestry of “ohrapuuro”, step by step

ohrapuuro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ohra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohrabarley
2Proto-Finnicocrabarley
3Proto-Balticaśrassharp

via Finnish puuro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuroporridge
2Proto-Finnicputroporridge
Every word from Proto-Baltic aśras →Every word from Proto-Finnic ocra →Every word from Finnish ohra →