Where does “apuruudukko” come from?

apuruudukko (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruudukko, from Finnish ruutu, from Swedish ruta, from Middle Low German rūte, from Old High German rūta, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή — rue.

apuruudukko (Finnish): grid array of horizontal and vertical lines used to help place objects

Definitions

  1. grid array of horizontal and vertical lines used to help place objects

Ancestry of “apuruudukko”, step by step

apuruudukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruudukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruudukkogrid
2Finnishruutusquare; rectangle; box
3Swedishrutasquare, tile; windowpane; panel
4Middle Low Germanrūte—
5Old High Germanrūta—
6Latinrūtarue bitter herb
7Ancient Greekῥυτήrue

via Finnish apu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapuhelp; assistance; helping hand
2Proto-FinnicapuAlternative form of *api
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥυτή →Every word from Latin rūta →Every word from Old High German rūta →