Where does “ruokaretikka” come from?

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

ruokaretikka (Finnish): radish, garden radish, Raphanus sativus taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae

Definitions

  1. radish, garden radish, Raphanus sativus taxonomic species within the family Brassicaceae

Ancestry of “ruokaretikka”, step by step

ruokaretikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

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

via Finnish retikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishretikkablack radish, "Raphanus sativus var. niger";...
Every word from Proto-Germanic rōkō →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooka →Every word from Finnish ruoka →