Where does “ikkunaruutu” come from?

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

ikkunaruutu (Finnish): window pane

Definitions

  1. window pane

Ancestry of “ikkunaruutu”, step by step

ikkunaruutu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruutu

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

via Finnish ikkuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikkunawindow; sash
2FinnishakkunaAlternative form of ikkuna
3Proto-Finnic*akkunawindow
4Old East Slavicокъноwindow
5Proto-Slavicokъnòwindow
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥυτή →Every word from Latin rūta →Every word from Old High German rūta →