Where does “purkkiruoka” come from?

purkkiruoka (Finnish) comes from Finnish purkki, from Swedish burk, from Old Swedish budhker, from Old Norse buðkr.

purkkiruoka (Finnish): canned food

Definitions

  1. canned food

Ancestry of “purkkiruoka”, step by step

purkkiruoka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish purkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurkkican; jar; canister
2Swedishburkpot, can, jar; an inflexible vessel, usually with...
3Old Swedishbudhker—
4Old Norsebuðkr—

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Old Norse buðkr →Every word from Old Swedish budhker →Every word from Swedish burk →