Where does “ruoanlaitto” come from?

ruoanlaitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish laitto, from Finnish laittaa, from Proto-Finnic laittadak, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

ruoanlaitto (Finnish): cooking preparing food

Definitions

  1. cooking preparing food

Ancestry of “ruoanlaitto”, step by step

ruoanlaitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaittoputting, setting, placing
2Finnishlaittaato put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize
3Proto-Finniclaittadakto put down
4Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Finnish ruoka

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

Words derived from “ruoanlaitto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic laittadak →
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