Where does “ruokakriisi” come from?

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

ruokakriisi (Finnish): food crisis

Definitions

  1. food crisis

Ancestry of “ruokakriisi”, step by step

ruokakriisi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

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

via Finnish kriisi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkriisicrisis
2Swedishkriscrisis
Every word from Proto-Germanic rōkō →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooka →Every word from Finnish ruoka →