Where does “rukiintähkä” come from?

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

rukiintähkä (Finnish): ear of rye

Definitions

  1. ear of rye

Ancestry of “rukiintähkä”, step by step

rukiintähkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruis

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

via Finnish tähkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtähkäear; spike
2Proto-Finnictähkäear, the inflorescence of a grain or other grassy...
3Proto-Finno-Permicteškä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rugiz →Every word from Proto-Finnic rugis →