Where does “ruokavälitunti” come from?

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

ruokavälitunti (Finnish): lunch break, lunch recess at school

Definitions

  1. lunch break, lunch recess at school

Ancestry of “ruokavälitunti”, step by step

ruokavälitunti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

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

via Finnish välitunti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvälituntibreak, recess
2Finnishtuntihour; lesson, class
3Old Swedishstund—
Every word from Proto-Germanic rōkō →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooka →Every word from Finnish ruoka →