Where does “ruokasali” come from?

ruokasali (Finnish) comes from Finnish sali, from Swedish säl, from Old Norse selr, from Proto-Germanic selhaz, from Proto-Indo-European selk- — to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw.

ruokasali (Finnish): dining room

Definitions

  1. dining room

Ancestry of “ruokasali”, step by step

ruokasali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalihall; A large room, often one in which dinners...
2Swedishsäla seal
3Old Norseselrseal; second-person singular present indicative...
4Proto-Germanicselhazseal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw

via Finnish ruoka

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

Words derived from “ruokasali”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European selk- →