Where does “ruokapula” come from?

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

ruokapula (Finnish): food shortage

Definitions

  1. food shortage

Ancestry of “ruokapula”, step by step

ruokapula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

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

via Finnish pula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpulashortage; an economic crisis characterized by...
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