Where does “ryynimakkara” come from?

ryynimakkara (Finnish) comes from Finnish ryyni, from Swedish gryn, from Old Norse grjón — groats; grain.

ryynimakkara (Finnish): sausage made with groats

Definitions

  1. sausage made with groats

Ancestry of “ryynimakkara”, step by step

ryynimakkara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ryyni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishryyniAn individual grain of groats
2Swedishgryngrain, groats
3Old Norsegrjóngroats; grain

via Finnish makkara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmakkarasausage
Every word from Old Norse grjón →Every word from Swedish gryn →Every word from Finnish ryyni →