Where does “ruokaryyppy” come from?

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

ruokaryyppy (Finnish): an alcoholic drink taken as appetizer

Definitions

  1. an alcoholic drink taken as appetizer

Ancestry of “ruokaryyppy”, step by step

ruokaryyppy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

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

via Finnish ryyppy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryyppydrink, dram, snifter; gulp, sip; primer
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Germanic rōkō →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooka →Every word from Finnish ruoka →