Where does “ravintorasva” come from?

ravintorasva (Finnish) comes from Finnish ravinto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

ravintorasva (Finnish): edible fat, dietary fat, food fat

Definitions

  1. edible fat, dietary fat, food fat

Ancestry of “ravintorasva”, step by step

ravintorasva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ravinto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishravintonutrition, nourishment, nutriment; nutritional
2Finnish-ntö
3Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish rasva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvafat; grease; ointment
2Proto-Finnicrasvafat

Words derived from “ravintorasva

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j
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