Where does “ruokaomena” come from?

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

ruokaomena (Finnish): cooking apple

Definitions

  1. cooking apple

Ancestry of “ruokaomena”, step by step

ruokaomena traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

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

via Finnish omena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishomenaapple
Every word from Proto-Germanic rōkō →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooka →Every word from Finnish ruoka →