Where does “rasvapuuro” come from?

rasvapuuro (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasva, from Proto-Finnic rasva — fat.

rasvapuuro (Finnish): a traditional Savonian baked dish of barley groats and fatty pork

Definitions

  1. a traditional Savonian baked dish of barley groats and fatty pork

Ancestry of “rasvapuuro”, step by step

rasvapuuro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

via Finnish puuro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuuroporridge
2Proto-Finnicputroporridge
Every word from Proto-Finnic rasva →Every word from Finnish rasva →