Where does “soijarouhe” come from?

soijarouhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish soija, from Dutch soja, from Japanese そい, from Japanese 醤油, from Middle Chinese 醬油, from Middle Chinese 醬 — bean paste.

soijarouhe (Finnish): kibbled soy

Definitions

  1. kibbled soy

Ancestry of “soijarouhe”, step by step

soijarouhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish soija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoijasoy/soya; soy sauce; sweat
2Dutchsojasoy
3Japaneseそい醤油 soy sauce
4Japanese醤油soy sauce
5Middle Chinese醬油—
6Middle Chinese醬bean paste

via Finnish rouhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrouhekibble
2Finnishrouhiato grind coarsely, to kibble
3Proto-Finnicrouhidakto grind, to kibble
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrus-crust

Words derived from “soijarouhe”

Every word from Middle Chinese 醬 →Every word from Middle Chinese 醬油 →Every word from Japanese 醤油 →