Where does “ohrasuurimo” come from?

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

ohrasuurimo (Finnish): barley groat

Definitions

  1. barley groat

Ancestry of “ohrasuurimo”, step by step

ohrasuurimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ohra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohrabarley
2Proto-Finnicocrabarley
3Proto-Balticaśrassharp

via Finnish suurimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuurimoan individual grain of groats
2Proto-Finnicsuurimagroat
Every word from Proto-Baltic aśras →Every word from Proto-Finnic ocra →Every word from Finnish ohra →