Where does “ruokajäte” come from?

ruokajäte (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäte, from Finnish jättää, from Proto-Finnic jättädäk, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

ruokajäte (Finnish): food waste

Definitions

  1. food waste

Ancestry of “ruokajäte”, step by step

ruokajäte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjätewaste, garbage, rubbish
2Finnishjättääto leave; to take, drop off, deliver; to submit
3Proto-Finnicjättädäkto leave
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →Every word from Proto-Finnic jättädäk →