Where does “ruokakoira” come from?

ruokakoira (Finnish) comes from Finnish koira, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

ruokakoira (Finnish): a dog locating illegal food by its sense of smell during border checks

Definitions

  1. a dog locating illegal food by its sense of smell during border checks

Ancestry of “ruokakoira”, step by step

ruokakoira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish koira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoiradog; dog paddle; military police
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →