Where does “okarausku” come from?

okarausku (Finnish) comes from Finnish oka, from Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa — oca, Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber.

okarausku (Finnish): thornback ray, thornback skate, "Raja clavata"

Definitions

  1. thornback ray, thornback skate, "Raja clavata"

Ancestry of “okarausku”, step by step

okarausku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish oka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishokathorn, prickle
2Spanishocagoose, especially of the domestic European...
3Quechuauqaoca, Oxalis tuberosa, an edible tuber

via Finnish rausku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrauskuA ray; A skate
Every word from Quechua uqa →Every word from Spanish oca →Every word from Finnish oka →