Where does “ruisrääkkä” come from?

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

ruisrääkkä (Finnish): corncrake, landrail

Definitions

  1. corncrake, landrail

Ancestry of “ruisrääkkä”, step by step

ruisrääkkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruis

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

via Finnish rääkkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrääkkäcrake; the genus "Crex"

Words derived from “ruisrääkkä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rugiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic rugis →
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