Where does “ruokapakko” come from?

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

ruokapakko (Finnish): requirement for a customer to order or buy food at an establishment before they will be served alcohol

Definitions

  1. requirement for a customer to order or buy food at an establishment before they will be served alcohol

Ancestry of “ruokapakko”, step by step

ruokapakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

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

via Finnish pakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakkoobligation, force, necessity, compulsion;...
2Proto-Finnicpakkoblock of wood
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