Where does “rintaruokinta” come from?

rintaruokinta (Finnish) comes from English breastfeeding, from English feeding, from English feed, from Galician feden, from Old English fēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic fōdijaną, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

rintaruokinta (Finnish): breastfeeding

Definitions

  1. breastfeeding

Ancestry of “rintaruokinta”, step by step

rintaruokinta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English breastfeeding

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbreastfeedingThe activity of feeding a baby or young child...
2Englishfeedingpresent participle of feed; An instance of giving...
3EnglishfeedTo give food to eat; To eat; To give to as...
4Galicianfedenthird-person plural present indicative of feder
5Old Englishfēdanto feed
6Proto-West Germanic*fōdijanto feed
7Proto-Germanicfōdijanąto feed; to give birth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

via Finnish ruokinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokintafeeding
2Finnishruokkiato feed; Partitive singular form of ruokki
3Proto-Finnicrookkidakto care for, to tend, to feed
4Proto-Germanicrōkijanąto care, care for, take care of; to mind, heed,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanreǵ-to bind; straight, direct; straight, right

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂-