Where does “ruokatunti” come from?

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

ruokatunti (Finnish): meal break; lunchtime, lunch break, lunch hour

Definitions

  1. meal break; lunchtime, lunch break, lunch hour

Ancestry of “ruokatunti”, step by step

ruokatunti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

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

via Finnish tunti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuntihour; lesson, class
2Old Swedishstund—
Every word from Proto-Germanic rōkō →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooka →Every word from Finnish ruoka →