Where does “routavaurio” come from?

routavaurio (Finnish) comes from Finnish routa, from Proto-Finnic routa — frost in the ground.

routavaurio (Finnish): frost heave damage, frost damage, damage caused by frost heave or ground frost

Definitions

  1. frost heave damage, frost damage, damage caused by frost heave or ground frost

Ancestry of “routavaurio”, step by step

routavaurio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish routa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishroutaground frost
2Proto-Finnicroutafrost in the ground

via Finnish vaurio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauriodamage
Every word from Proto-Finnic routa →Every word from Finnish routa →