Where does “terveysruoka” come from?

terveysruoka (Finnish) comes from Finnish terveys, from Proto-Finnic tervehüc, from Proto-Finnic terveh, from Proto-Finnic -eh — Forms nominals.

terveysruoka (Finnish): health food

Definitions

  1. health food

Ancestry of “terveysruoka”, step by step

terveysruoka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish terveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishterveyshealth
2Proto-Finnictervehüchealth
3Proto-Finnictervehhealthy, well; solid, whole
4Proto-Finnic-ehForms nominals

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Proto-Finnic -eh →
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