Where does “ruokalasku” come from?

ruokalasku (Finnish) comes from Finnish lasku, from Votic laskõa, from Proto-Finnic laskedak, from Proto-Uralic laćke-.

ruokalasku (Finnish): grocery bill money paid for groceries

Definitions

  1. grocery bill money paid for groceries

Ancestry of “ruokalasku”, step by step

ruokalasku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lasku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaskudescent, an instance of descending, sliding down...
2Voticlaskõato let go, let loose, release
3Proto-Finniclaskedakto drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow
4Proto-Uraliclaćke-—

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Proto-Uralic laćke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic laskedak →Every word from Votic laskõa →