Where does “ruokapiiri” come from?

ruokapiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish piiri, from Proto-Finnic piiri, from Proto-Uralic pire — circle.

ruokapiiri (Finnish): a group of people who buy food from a local supplier

Definitions

  1. a group of people who buy food from a local supplier

Ancestry of “ruokapiiri”, step by step

ruokapiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiiriring of people; administrative district, region;...
2Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
3Proto-Uralicpirecircle

via Finnish ruoka

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