Where does “ruorijuoppo” come from?

ruorijuoppo (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruori, from Swedish rör, from Old Swedish rør, from Old Norse reyrr, from Proto-Germanic rauzaz, from Proto-Indo-European resg- — to weave, plait; to plait, wattle; to weave, to...

ruorijuoppo (Finnish): drunk boat driver

Definitions

  1. drunk boat driver

Ancestry of “ruorijuoppo”, step by step

ruorijuoppo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruorihelm
2Swedishröra reed, a cane, a straw; a cane; a reed
3Old Swedishrør—
4Old Norsereyrrreed
5Proto-Germanicrauzaz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanresg-to weave, plait; to plait, wattle; to weave, to...

via Finnish juoppo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjuoppoA drunkard
2Finnishjuodato drink
3Proto-Finnicjoodakto drink
4Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?

Words derived from “ruorijuoppo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European resg- →