Where does “ruissihtijauho” come from?

ruissihtijauho (Finnish) comes from Finnish sihti, from Swedish sikt, from German ansicht, from German ansehen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna — on, onto.

ruissihtijauho (Finnish): light rye flour, medium rye flour, cream rye flour rye flour where some amount of the bran has been removed

Definitions

  1. light rye flour, medium rye flour, cream rye flour rye flour where some amount of the bran has been removed

Ancestry of “ruissihtijauho”, step by step

ruissihtijauho traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sihti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsihtishifter; sieve; sight
2Swedishsiktsight, view; a longer timespan; a sift
3Germanansichtview a depiction of a subject, especially from a specific perspective
4Germanansehento look at, to have a look; to look at; to...
5Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
6Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
7Middle High Germanānewithout
8Old High Germanānawithout
9Proto-West Germanicanaon
10Proto-Germanic*an
11Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Finnish ruis

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

via Finnish jauho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjauhoflour
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*jauho
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an