Where does “ruokalippu” come from?

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

ruokalippu (Finnish): meal ticket, food ticket, food voucher, food coupon

Definitions

  1. meal ticket, food ticket, food voucher, food coupon

Ancestry of “ruokalippu”, step by step

ruokalippu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

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

via Finnish lippu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlippuflag, banner; colours; sheet, ticket
Every word from Proto-Germanic rōkō →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooka →Every word from Finnish ruoka →