Where does “ruuhkahuippu” come from?

ruuhkahuippu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruuhka, from Proto-Germanic hrūgǭ.

ruuhkahuippu (Finnish): peak period; period of peak activity, peak demand, peak traffic, etc

Definitions

  1. peak period; period of peak activity, peak demand, peak traffic, etc

Ancestry of “ruuhkahuippu”, step by step

ruuhkahuippu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruuhka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruuhkacongestion, lots of traffic, traffic jam; jam,...
2Proto-Germanichrūgǭ

via Finnish huippu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuipputop, peak, summit; climax, culmination;...
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