Where does “selkäruoto” come from?

selkäruoto (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoto, from Proto-Germanic rōdō, from Proto-Indo-European rōt-.

selkäruoto (Finnish): spine, backbone vertebrae on a fish

Definitions

  1. spine, backbone vertebrae on a fish

Ancestry of “selkäruoto”, step by step

selkäruoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruotofishbone, bone; shaft, stem; spine, chine
2Proto-Germanicrōdōrod, pole
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrōt-—

via Finnish selkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
2Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
3Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rōt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rōdō →Every word from Finnish ruoto →