Where does “ruokarajoite” come from?

ruokarajoite (Finnish) comes from Finnish rajoite, from Finnish rajoittaa, from Finnish raja, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krájīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-eye-ti — to sift, to separate.

ruokarajoite (Finnish): dietary restriction, food restriction

Definitions

  1. dietary restriction, food restriction

Ancestry of “ruokarajoite”, step by step

ruokarajoite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rajoite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrajoiteconstraint
2Finnishrajoittaato restrict, limit; to inhibit; to constrain
3Finnishrajaborder, boundary, limit, line line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions
4Old East Slavicкраиedge; land, country
5Proto-Slavickrajьedge, end
6Proto-Slavickrojitito cut
7Proto-Balto-Slavickrájīˀtei
8Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-eye-ti
9Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-
10Proto-Indo-Europeankroh₁y-
11Proto-Indo-Europeankreh₁y-to sift, to separate

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreh₁y-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kroh₁y-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-
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