Where does “altakasteluruukku” come from?
altakasteluruukku (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruukku, from Swedish kruka, from Middle Low German krūke, from Old Saxon krūka, from Proto-Germanic krogu, from Proto-Germanic *krōguz.
altakasteluruukku (Finnish): self-watering pot
Definitions
- self-watering pot
Ancestry of “altakasteluruukku”, step by step
altakasteluruukku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ruukku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruukku | pot; jar; situla |
| 2 | Swedish | kruka | a pot; a coward |
| 3 | Middle Low German | krūke | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | krūka | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krogu | pot, pitcher |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *krōguz | — |
via Finnish altakastelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | altakastelu | bottom watering providing a plant's roots hydration from under the plant, rather than watering the top of the soil it's growing in |
| 2 | Finnish | alta | from under, from underneath, from beneath |
| 3 | Finnish | ala- | under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | ala | lower; under |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | ëla | below |