Where does “ruokahävikki” come from?

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

ruokahävikki (Finnish): food waste, food loss

Definitions

  1. food waste, food loss

Ancestry of “ruokahävikki”, step by step

ruokahävikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

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

via Finnish hävikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhävikkiloss
2Finnish-kkiCreates action nouns from verbs; Creates...
3Proto-Finnic-kkei—
Every word from Proto-Germanic rōkō →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooka →Every word from Finnish ruoka →