Where does “ruokaostos” come from?

ruokaostos (Finnish) comes from Finnish ostos, from Finnish ostaa, from Proto-Finnic ostadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

ruokaostos (Finnish): purchased commodity sold in grocery stores; groceries

Definitions

  1. purchased commodity sold in grocery stores; groceries

Ancestry of “ruokaostos”, step by step

ruokaostos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ostos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishostospurchase; shopping
2FinnishostaaTo buy, purchase
3Proto-Finnicostadakto buy
4Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ta- →Every word from Proto-Finnic ostadak →Every word from Finnish ostaa →