Where does “ruoja” come from?

ruoja (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic rooja — dirt, mud, filth.

ruoja (Finnish): scoundrel, wretch, dog

Definitions

  1. scoundrel, wretch, dog

Ancestry of “ruoja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicroojadirt, mud, filth
Every word from Proto-Finnic rooja
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