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Where does “ruisvehnä” come from?

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

ruisvehnä (Finnish): triticale

Definitions

  1. triticale

Ancestry of “ruisvehnä”, step by step

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