Where does “rahkasara” come from?

rahkasara (Finnish) comes from Finnish rahka, from Proto-Finnic rahka — quark (soft creamy cheese).

rahkasara (Finnish): few-flowered sedge

Definitions

  1. few-flowered sedge

Ancestry of “rahkasara”, step by step

rahkasara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrahkaquark; curd
2Proto-Finnicrahkaquark (soft creamy cheese)

via Finnish šara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishšara—
2Finnishsäristäto rattle, to creak; to crackle
Every word from Proto-Finnic rahka →Every word from Finnish rahka →