Where does “ruoka-aitta” come from?

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

ruoka-aitta (Finnish): a farm storehouse used for storing meat, flour and fish

Definitions

  1. a farm storehouse used for storing meat, flour and fish

Ancestry of “ruoka-aitta”, step by step

ruoka-aitta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

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

via Finnish aitta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaittagranary or other unheated farm storehouse of...
2Proto-Finnicaittastorehouse
Every word from Proto-Germanic rōkō →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooka →Every word from Finnish ruoka →
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