Where does “rusokki” come from?

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

rusokki (Finnish): beggar's ticks any flowering plant in genus Bidens

Definitions

  1. beggar's ticks any flowering plant in genus Bidens

Ancestry of “rusokki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrusoSynonym of rusko; red, reddish
2Finnishruskeabrown; A brown color
3Proto-Finnicruskedabrown, red
Every word from Proto-Finnic ruskeda →Every word from Finnish ruskea →Every word from Finnish ruso →