Where does “papurokka” come from?

papurokka (Finnish) comes from Finnish papu, from Proto-Finnic papu, from Proto-Slavic bobъ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- — bean.

papurokka (Finnish): a traditional soup containing fava beans

Definitions

  1. a traditional soup containing fava beans

Ancestry of “papurokka”, step by step

papurokka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish papu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpapubean; common bean; muscle, especially the biceps
2Proto-Finnicpapubean
3Proto-Slavicbobъbean, fava bean
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰabʰ-bean

via Finnish rokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrokkapea soup; soup
2Proto-Finno-Ugricrokka—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰabʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic bobъ →Every word from Proto-Finnic papu →
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