Where does “rusojuuri” come from?

rusojuuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruso, from Finnish ruskea, from Proto-Finnic ruskeda — brown, red.

rusojuuri (Finnish): stoneseed a plant of genus

Definitions

  1. stoneseed a plant of genus

Ancestry of “rusojuuri”, step by step

rusojuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrusoSynonym of rusko; red, reddish
2Finnishruskeabrown; A brown color
3Proto-Finnicruskedabrown, red

via Finnish juuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuuriroot; Short for taikinajuuri; a zero of a...
2Proto-Finnicjuuriroot
3Proto-Finno-Permicjure—
Every word from Proto-Finnic ruskeda →Every word from Finnish ruskea →Every word from Finnish ruso →