Where does “ruokajono” come from?

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

ruokajono (Finnish): chowline, food line

Definitions

  1. chowline, food line

Ancestry of “ruokajono”, step by step

ruokajono traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

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

via Finnish jono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjonoline, queue straight sequence of people or items
2Finnishjuoniplot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot
3Proto-Finnicjoonipath
Every word from Proto-Germanic rōkō →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooka →Every word from Finnish ruoka →