Where does “rehuvilja” come from?

rehuvilja (Finnish) comes from Finnish rehu, from Proto-Finnic rehu — grass.

rehuvilja (Finnish): fodder crop, fodder grain, feed grain

Definitions

  1. fodder crop, fodder grain, feed grain

Ancestry of “rehuvilja”, step by step

rehuvilja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rehu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrehufodder, animal feed
2Proto-Finnicrehugrass

via Finnish Vilja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishViljagrain, cereal, corn type of grass cultivated for its edible grains
2Proto-Finnicviljagrain, cereal; abundance, plenty
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