Where does “ruoankäry” come from?

ruoankäry (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoka, from Proto-Finnic rooka, from Proto-Germanic rōkō — care, attention.

ruoankäry (Finnish): food smell, cooking smell, especially an unpleasant one such as of burnt food

Definitions

  1. food smell, cooking smell, especially an unpleasant one such as of burnt food

Ancestry of “ruoankäry”, step by step

ruoankäry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention

via Finnish käry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkärythe smell of burning; the act of someone being...
2Finnishkäristäto crackle; Indicative present connegative form...
3Finnish-istaForms frequentative verbs
Every word from Proto-Germanic rōkō →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooka →Every word from Finnish ruoka →