Where does “ruistankio” come from?

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

ruistankio (Finnish): false flax

Definitions

  1. false flax

Ancestry of “ruistankio”, step by step

ruistankio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruis

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

via Finnish tankio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtankiofalse flax plant in the genus
2Finnishtankeastiff
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rugiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic rugis →