Where does “ruokintalauta” come from?
ruokintalauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruokinta, from Finnish ruokkia, from Proto-Finnic rookkidak, from Proto-Germanic rōkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European reǵ- — to bind; straight, direct; straight, right.
ruokintalauta (Finnish): feeding box, feeder for birds, squirrels, etc
Definitions
- feeding box, feeder for birds, squirrels, etc
Ancestry of “ruokintalauta”, step by step
ruokintalauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ruokinta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruokinta | feeding |
| 2 | Finnish | ruokkia | to feed; Partitive singular form of ruokki |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rookkidak | to care for, to tend, to feed |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | rōkijaną | to care, care for, take care of; to mind, heed,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | reǵ- | to bind; straight, direct; straight, right |