Where does “ravintokuitu” come from?
ravintokuitu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ravinto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
ravintokuitu (Finnish): dietary fibre
Ancestry of “ravintokuitu”, step by step
ravintokuitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ravinto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ravinto | nutrition, nourishment, nutriment; nutritional |
| 2 | Finnish | -ntö | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish kuitu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuitu | fiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kuitu | (flax) fibre/fiber |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kujčɜ | — |