Where does “wokkiruoka” come from?

wokkiruoka (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoka, from Proto-Finnic rooka, from Proto-Germanic rōkō — care, attention.

wokkiruoka (Finnish): woked food

Definitions

  1. woked food

Ancestry of “wokkiruoka”, step by step

wokkiruoka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention

via Finnish wokki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishwokkiA wok; A stir-fry
2Cantonese鑊—
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