Where does “raparperimehu” come from?

raparperimehu (Finnish) comes from Finnish raparperi, from Swedish rabarber, from Medieval Latin rhabarbarum, from Koine Greek ῥῆον βάρβαρον, from Ancient Greek ῥῆον, from Middle Persian rēwand, from Middle Persian lypʾs, from Proto-Iranian (h)rabā́š.

raparperimehu (Finnish): rhubarb juice

Definitions

  1. rhubarb juice

Ancestry of “raparperimehu”, step by step

raparperimehu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raparperi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraparperirhubarb, Rheum rhaponticum; rhubarb, "Rheum"
2Swedishrabarberrhubarb
3Medieval Latinrhabarbarumrhubarb
4Koine Greekῥῆον βάρβαρον
5Ancient Greekῥῆονrhubarb
6Middle Persianrēwand
7Middle Persianlypʾsrhubarb
8Proto-Iranian(h)rabā́šrhubarb; fennel
9Proto-Indo-Iranian(s)rabʰā́ćš
10Proto-Indo-Iranian-ā́ćšanimal and plant suffix
11Proto-Indo-European-eḱés

via Finnish mehu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmehujuice; cordial
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -eḱésEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ā́ćšEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian (s)rabʰā́ćš