Where does “ruiskorppu” come from?

ruiskorppu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruis, from Proto-Finnic rugis, from Proto-Germanic rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- — rye.

ruiskorppu (Finnish): rye rusk

Definitions

  1. rye rusk

Ancestry of “ruiskorppu”, step by step

ruiskorppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruisrye
2Proto-Finnicrugisrye
3Proto-Germanicrugizrye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwrugʰyo-rye

via Finnish korppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorppurusk, cracker; 3½-inch floppy
2Swedishskorparusk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rugiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic rugis →