Where does “proteiinirahka” come from?

proteiinirahka (Finnish) comes from Finnish proteiini, from Swedish protein, from French protéine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.

proteiinirahka (Finnish): protein quark

Definitions

  1. protein quark

Ancestry of “proteiinirahka”, step by step

proteiinirahka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish proteiini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishproteiiniprotein
2Swedishproteinprotein
3Frenchprotéineprotein
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Finnish rahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrahkaquark; curd
2Proto-Finnicrahkaquark (soft creamy cheese)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from French -ineEvery word from Latin -a
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