Where does “ruokasula” come from?

ruokasula (Finnish) comes from Finnish sula, from Finnish sulaa, from Proto-Finnic suladak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula — to molten, melted; melt, dissolve.

ruokasula (Finnish): chyme

Definitions

  1. chyme

Ancestry of “ruokasula”, step by step

ruokasula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulamolten; not having ice cover; pure
2Finnishsulaato melt, thaw; to dissolve, disperse, vanish; to...
3Proto-Finnicsuladakto melt
4Proto-Finno-Ugricsulato molten, melted; melt, dissolve

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric sula →Every word from Proto-Finnic suladak →Every word from Finnish sulaa →
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